diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/event/php_exporter.php b/phpBB/phpbb/event/php_exporter.php
index eae6a7bf28..15dd13190e 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/event/php_exporter.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/event/php_exporter.php
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class php_exporter
 						$description_line_num++;
 					}
 
-					$description = trim(implode(' ', $description_lines));
+					$description = trim(implode('<br/>', $description_lines));
 
 					if (isset($this->events[$this->current_event]))
 					{
diff --git a/tests/event/php_exporter_test.php b/tests/event/php_exporter_test.php
index 0d40cc3e70..c6670e1340 100644
--- a/tests/event/php_exporter_test.php
+++ b/tests/event/php_exporter_test.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class phpbb_event_php_exporter_test extends phpbb_test_case
 						'file'			=> 'extra_description.test',
 						'arguments'		=> array(),
 						'since'			=> '3.1.0-b2',
-						'description'	=> 'Description NOTE: This will also be exported',
+						'description'	=> 'Description<br/><br/>NOTE: This will also be exported',
 					),
 				),
 			),