diff --git a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextContainer.j b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextContainer.j
index 259a58d1f..32f153d46 100755
--- a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextContainer.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextContainer.j
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ CPLineMovesUp = 4;
                                      actualCharacterRange:NULL];
 
         [_layoutManager _validateLayoutAndGlyphs];
+        [_textView sizeToFit]; // this is necessary to adopt the height of CPTextView in case of rewrapping
     }
 }