diff --git a/app/views/fields/string/_show.html.erb b/app/views/fields/string/_show.html.erb
index 2607473404..d427e53314 100644
--- a/app/views/fields/string/_show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/fields/string/_show.html.erb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 This partial renders a string attribute,
 to be displayed on a resource's show page.
 
-By default, the attribute is rendered as an unformatted string.
+By default, the attribute is rendered as text with whitespace preserved.
 
 ## Local variables:
 
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ By default, the attribute is rendered as an unformatted string.
 [1]: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/administrate/Administrate/Field/String
 %>
 
-<%= field.data %>
+<div class="preserve-whitespace"><%= field.data %></div>
diff --git a/app/views/fields/text/_show.html.erb b/app/views/fields/text/_show.html.erb
index ad9e6e77a7..25c569bf80 100644
--- a/app/views/fields/text/_show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/fields/text/_show.html.erb
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 This partial renders a text attribute,
 to be displayed on a resource's show page.
 
-By default, the attribute is rendered as text with
-whitespace preserved.
+By default, the attribute is rendered as text with whitespace preserved.
 
 ## Local variables:
 
@@ -16,4 +15,4 @@ whitespace preserved.
 [1]: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/administrate/Administrate/Field/Text
 %>
 
-<span class="preserve-whitespace"><%= field.data %></span>
+<div class="preserve-whitespace"><%= field.data %></div>