diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.cpp
index bd7aed67d02..bfe18e952b8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "annotationcommenttab.h"
 #include "ui_annotationcommenttab.h"
 
+#include "richtexteditor/richtexteditor.h"
+
 namespace QmlDesigner {
 
 AnnotationCommentTab::AnnotationCommentTab(QWidget *parent) :
@@ -34,6 +36,9 @@ AnnotationCommentTab::AnnotationCommentTab(QWidget *parent) :
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
 
+    m_editor = new RichTextEditor;
+    ui->formLayout->setWidget(3, QFormLayout::FieldRole, m_editor);
+
     connect(ui->titleEdit, &QLineEdit::textEdited,
             this, &AnnotationCommentTab::commentTitleChanged);
 }
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ Comment AnnotationCommentTab::currentComment() const
 
     result.setTitle(ui->titleEdit->text().trimmed());
     result.setAuthor(ui->authorEdit->text().trimmed());
-    result.setText(ui->textEdit->toPlainText().trimmed());
+    result.setText(m_editor->richText().trimmed());
 
     if (m_comment.sameContent(result))
         result.setTimestamp(m_comment.timestamp());
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ void AnnotationCommentTab::resetUI()
 {
     ui->titleEdit->setText(m_comment.title());
     ui->authorEdit->setText(m_comment.author());
-    ui->textEdit->setText(m_comment.text());
+    m_editor->setRichText(m_comment.text());
 
     if (m_comment.timestamp() > 0)
         ui->timeLabel->setText(m_comment.timestampStr());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.h
index cc8d4c3d769..55fcf6ff1ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ namespace Ui {
 class AnnotationCommentTab;
 }
 
+class RichTextEditor;
+
 class AnnotationCommentTab : public QWidget
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ private slots:
 
 private:
     Ui::AnnotationCommentTab *ui;
+    RichTextEditor *m_editor;
 
     Comment m_comment;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.ui b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.ui
index f6bf277eb7c..4a69703d57d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationcommenttab.ui
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="3" column="1">
-      <widget class="QTextEdit" name="textEdit">
-       <property name="tabChangesFocus">
-        <bool>true</bool>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
      <item row="2" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="authorLabel">
        <property name="text">
@@ -64,7 +57,6 @@
  <tabstops>
   <tabstop>titleEdit</tabstop>
   <tabstop>authorEdit</tabstop>
-  <tabstop>textEdit</tabstop>
  </tabstops>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationeditordialog.ui b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationeditordialog.ui
index 8ca9b75136c..93ce92b0450 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationeditordialog.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/annotationeditor/annotationeditordialog.ui
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>700</width>
-    <height>487</height>
+    <width>1100</width>
+    <height>600</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorannotationicon.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorannotationicon.cpp
index 5fa24f1a5c0..81072179f36 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorannotationicon.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorannotationicon.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ QGraphicsItem *FormEditorAnnotationIcon::createCommentBubble(QRectF rect, const
     authorItem->update();
 
     QGraphicsTextItem *textItem = new QGraphicsTextItem(frameItem);
-    textItem->setPlainText(text);
+    textItem->setHtml(text);
     textItem->setDefaultTextColor(textColor);
     textItem->setTextWidth(rect.width());
     textItem->setPos(authorItem->x(), authorItem->boundingRect().height() + authorItem->y() + 5);