diff --git a/templates/zerver/slack_import.html b/templates/zerver/slack_import.html
index 67c4d318d5..66ea78ea7b 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/slack_import.html
+++ b/templates/zerver/slack_import.html
@@ -39,9 +39,14 @@
                     </div>
                     <div class="input-box">
                         <label for="slack_access_token" class="inline-block label-title">{{ _('Slack bot user OAuth token') }}</label>
-                        <input id="slack-access-token" type="text"
+                        <textarea id="slack-access-token"
                           placeholder="xoxb-…"
-                          maxlength="100" name="slack_access_token" {% if slack_access_token %} value="{{ slack_access_token }}" {% endif %} />
+                          rows="3"
+                          maxlength="100" name="slack_access_token">
+                            {%- if slack_access_token -%}
+                                {{ slack_access_token }}
+                            {%- endif -%}
+                        </textarea>
                         {% if slack_access_token_validation_error %}
                         <p id="slack-access-token-validation-error" class="help-inline text-error">{{ slack_access_token_validation_error }}</p>
                         {% endif %}