diff --git a/PyPDFForm/patterns.py b/PyPDFForm/patterns.py
index 0e1be6be..87b8b40f 100644
--- a/PyPDFForm/patterns.py
+++ b/PyPDFForm/patterns.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from pypdf.generic import (DictionaryObject, NameObject, NumberObject,
                            TextStringObject)
 
-from .constants import (AP, AS, CA, DA, DV, FT, IMAGE_FIELD_IDENTIFIER, JS, MK,
+from .constants import (AP, AS, CA, DA, DV, FT, IMAGE_FIELD_IDENTIFIER, JS, MK, MULTILINE,
                         READ_ONLY, A, Btn, Ch, Ff, N, Off, Opt, Parent, Q, Sig,
                         T, Tx, V, Yes)
 from .middleware.checkbox import Checkbox
@@ -166,4 +166,16 @@ def update_created_text_field_alignment(annot: DictionaryObject, val: int) -> No
     annot[NameObject(Q)] = NumberObject(val)
 
 
-NON_ACRO_FORM_PARAM_TO_FUNC = {"alignment": update_created_text_field_alignment}
+def update_created_text_field_multiline(annot: DictionaryObject, val: bool) -> None:
+    """Patterns to update to multiline for text annotations created by the library."""
+
+    if val:
+        annot[NameObject(Ff)] = NumberObject(
+            int(annot[NameObject(Ff)]) | MULTILINE  # noqa
+        )
+
+
+NON_ACRO_FORM_PARAM_TO_FUNC = {
+    ("TextWidget", "alignment"): update_created_text_field_alignment,
+    ("TextWidget", "multiline"): update_created_text_field_multiline,
+}
diff --git a/PyPDFForm/widgets/base.py b/PyPDFForm/widgets/base.py
index ba1f2c81..a641b6e6 100644
--- a/PyPDFForm/widgets/base.py
+++ b/PyPDFForm/widgets/base.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         for each in self.ALLOWED_NON_ACRO_FORM_PARAMS:
             if each in kwargs:
-                self.non_acro_form_params.append((each, kwargs.get(each)))
+                self.non_acro_form_params.append(((type(self).__name__, each), kwargs.get(each)))
 
     def watermarks(self, stream: bytes) -> List[bytes]:
         """Returns a list of watermarks after creating the widget."""
diff --git a/PyPDFForm/widgets/text.py b/PyPDFForm/widgets/text.py
index a4d74a81..d18b7cf9 100644
--- a/PyPDFForm/widgets/text.py
+++ b/PyPDFForm/widgets/text.py
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ class TextWidget(Widget):
         ("max_length", "maxlen"),
     ]
     COLOR_PARAMS = ["font_color", "bg_color", "border_color"]
-    ALLOWED_NON_ACRO_FORM_PARAMS = ["alignment"]
+    ALLOWED_NON_ACRO_FORM_PARAMS = ["alignment", "multiline"]
     NONE_DEFAULTS = ["max_length"]
     ACRO_FORM_FUNC = "textfield"
diff --git a/docs/prepare.md b/docs/prepare.md
index 0ecd1a7d..6df5b94f 100644
--- a/docs/prepare.md
+++ b/docs/prepare.md
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ new_form = PdfWrapper("dummy.pdf").create_widget(
     bg_color=(0, 0, 1), # optional
     border_color=(1, 0, 0), # optional
     border_width=5,  # optional
-    alignment=0 # optional, 0=left, 1=center, 2=right
+    alignment=0, # optional, 0=left, 1=center, 2=right
+    multiline=True # optional
 )
 
 with open("output.pdf", "wb+") as output:
diff --git a/pdf_samples/widget/create_text_align_multiline.pdf b/pdf_samples/widget/create_text_align_multiline.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7f4e97b
Binary files /dev/null and b/pdf_samples/widget/create_text_align_multiline.pdf differ
diff --git a/tests/test_create_widget.py b/tests/test_create_widget.py
index 16d6f9c1..cfa01fbe 100644
--- a/tests/test_create_widget.py
+++ b/tests/test_create_widget.py
@@ -242,6 +242,28 @@ def test_create_text_align_right(template_stream, pdf_samples, request):
         assert obj.stream == expected
 
 
+def test_create_text_align_multiline(template_stream, pdf_samples, request):
+    expected_path = os.path.join(pdf_samples, "widget", "create_text_align_multiline.pdf")
+    with open(expected_path, "rb+") as f:
+        obj = PdfWrapper(template_stream).create_widget(
+            "text",
+            "foo",
+            1,
+            100,
+            100,
+            multiline=True,
+        )
+        assert obj.schema["properties"]["foo"]["type"] == "string"
+
+        request.config.results["expected_path"] = expected_path
+        request.config.results["stream"] = obj.read()
+
+        expected = f.read()
+
+        assert len(obj.stream) == len(expected)
+        assert obj.stream == expected
+
+
 def test_create_text_default_filled(template_stream, pdf_samples, request):
     expected_path = os.path.join(
         pdf_samples, "widget", "create_text_default_filled.pdf"