diff --git a/gno.land/pkg/gnoweb/markdown/ext_forms.go b/gno.land/pkg/gnoweb/markdown/ext_forms.go
index 6f7a60d2ea5..9c95d9e4da3 100644
--- a/gno.land/pkg/gnoweb/markdown/ext_forms.go
+++ b/gno.land/pkg/gnoweb/markdown/ext_forms.go
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ func (p *FormParser) parseTextarea(node *FormNode, tok html.Token) {
 				textarea.Placeholder = p
 			}
 		case "value":
-			textarea.Value = strings.TrimSpace(attr.Val)
+			textarea.Value = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.TrimSpace(attr.Val), "\\n", "\n")
 		case "rows":
 			if _, err := fmt.Sscanf(attr.Val, "%d", &textarea.Rows); err != nil {
 				textarea.Rows = formDefaultTextareaRows