diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/4976 b/changelog/unreleased/4976
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c193dd38eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/4976
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Bugfix: Show the full description of space permissions
+
+More room has been given to the description of a role in the space member permissions list, so longer descriptions are no longer cut after the second line, and any text that still does not fit is ellipsized.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/android/issues/4968
+https://github.com/owncloud/android/pull/4976
diff --git a/owncloudApp/src/main/res/layout/role_item.xml b/owncloudApp/src/main/res/layout/role_item.xml
index c971be46606..b7d719ecaba 100644
--- a/owncloudApp/src/main/res/layout/role_item.xml
+++ b/owncloudApp/src/main/res/layout/role_item.xml
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@
                 android:text="@string/placeholder_sentence"
                 android:textSize="13sp"
                 android:textColor="@color/textColor"
-                android:ellipsize="middle"
-                android:maxLines="2"/>
+                android:ellipsize="end"
+                android:maxLines="4"/>
 
         </LinearLayout>