diff --git a/app/locales/locale-en.json b/app/locales/locale-en.json
index f5f6c32f..e01a2924 100644
--- a/app/locales/locale-en.json
+++ b/app/locales/locale-en.json
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@
             "EMAIL": "Email",
             "FULL_NAME": "Full name",
             "PLACEHOLDER_FULL_NAME": "Set your full name (ex. Íñigo Montoya)",
-            "BIO": "Bio",
+            "BIO": "Bio (max. 210 chars)",
             "PLACEHOLDER_BIO": "Tell us something about you",
             "LANGUAGE": "Language",
             "LANGUAGE_DEFAULT": "-- use default language --"
diff --git a/app/modules/profile/profile-bar/profile-bar.jade b/app/modules/profile/profile-bar/profile-bar.jade
index 55ba3153..44c3ba2b 100644
--- a/app/modules/profile/profile-bar/profile-bar.jade
+++ b/app/modules/profile/profile-bar/profile-bar.jade
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ section.profile-bar
         //         div.organization
 
     div.profile-quote(ng-if="::vm.user.bio")
-        span {{::vm.user.bio}}
+        span {{::vm.user.bio | limitTo:210 }}{{vm.user.bio.length < 210 ? '' : '...'}}
diff --git a/app/partials/user/user-profile.jade b/app/partials/user/user-profile.jade
index bc88f297..d4d3ced0 100644
--- a/app/partials/user/user-profile.jade
+++ b/app/partials/user/user-profile.jade
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ div.wrapper(tg-user-profile, ng-controller="UserSettingsController as ctrl",
 
                     fieldset
                         label(for="bio", translate="USER_PROFILE.FIELD.BIO")
+
                         textarea(name="bio", id="bio", ng-model="user.bio",
-                                 ng-attr-placeholder="{{'USER_PROFILE.FIELD.PLACEHOLDER_BIO' | translate}}")
+                                 ng-attr-placeholder="{{'USER_PROFILE.FIELD.PLACEHOLDER_BIO' | translate}}", ng-maxlength="210", maxlength="210")
 
             fieldset.submit
                 button.button-green.submit-button(type="submit", title="{{'COMMON.SAVE' | translate}}",
diff --git a/app/styles/modules/user-settings/user-profile.scss b/app/styles/modules/user-settings/user-profile.scss
index 2deea46a..38eff6c2 100644
--- a/app/styles/modules/user-settings/user-profile.scss
+++ b/app/styles/modules/user-settings/user-profile.scss
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
         display: block;
         margin-bottom: .5rem;
     }
+    textarea {
+        min-height: 7rem;
+    }
     .button-green {
         color: $white;
         cursor: pointer;