diff --git a/includes/media.admin.inc b/includes/media.admin.inc
index f344bff..72b70f5 100644
--- a/includes/media.admin.inc
+++ b/includes/media.admin.inc
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function media_admin_config_browser($form, &$form_state) {
   );
 
   $form[media_variable_name('file_extensions')] = array(
-    '#type' => 'textfield',
+    '#type' => 'textarea',
     '#title' => t('Allowed file extensions'),
     '#default_value' => media_variable_get('file_extensions'),
     '#description' => t('File extensions which are accepted in the media
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ function media_admin_config_browser($form, &$form_state) {
       <br/><em>Note that this can be overriden on a per-field basis when
       creating multimedia asset fields and files of certain extensions cannot be
       embedded at this time.</em>'),
-    '#maxlength' => 255,
   );
 
   // Additional configuration if the WYSIWYG module is enabled.