diff --git a/app/models/document.rb b/app/models/document.rb
index d6b96ac98d0e7f4f218ccd2535248bafc6d5d57f..a522168fdabdcac751c90e154dae5bda797103f6 100644
--- a/app/models/document.rb
+++ b/app/models/document.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Document < ActiveRecord::Base
   acts_as_activity_provider :scope => preload(:project)
 
   validates_presence_of :project, :title, :category
-  validates_length_of :title, :maximum => 60
+  validates_length_of :title, :maximum => 255
   attr_protected :id
 
   after_create :send_notification
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150510083747_change_documents_title_limit.rb b/db/migrate/20150510083747_change_documents_title_limit.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6e309033424c9bbc848d5e2802f66c932d50f3e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150510083747_change_documents_title_limit.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class ChangeDocumentsTitleLimit < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    change_column :documents, :title, :string, :limit => nil, :default => '', :null => false
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    change_column :documents, :title, :string, :limit => 60, :default => '', :null => false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index ba483fc1f34cd90543fd2866dc4e53f54b7e57a7..16d9ffa5d8823117636bd465fe51354d961dda1d 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ div.wiki-page .contextual a {opacity: 0.4}
 div.wiki-page .contextual a:hover {opacity: 1}
 
 form .attributes select { width: 60%; }
-input#issue_subject { width: 99%; }
+input#issue_subject, input#document_title { width: 99%; }
 select#issue_done_ratio { width: 95px; }
 
 ul.projects {margin:0; padding-left:1em;}
diff --git a/test/unit/document_test.rb b/test/unit/document_test.rb
index 50decb7c7c3d21bac293ff92464ecbad000544af..52500a8ebb1e963656e3c40ff3e4e2b617f7253b 100644
--- a/test/unit/document_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/document_test.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ class DocumentTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert doc.save
   end
 
+  def test_create_with_long_title
+    title = 'x'*255
+    doc = Document.new(:project => Project.find(1), :title => title, :category => DocumentCategory.first)
+    assert_save doc
+    assert_equal title, doc.reload.title
+  end
+
   def test_create_should_send_email_notification
     ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.clear