diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
index ce86eb889ea..cc3dfaed81a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
@@ -1307,6 +1307,10 @@ label.error {
     white-space: normal;
 }
 
+.openerp .oe_forms .oe_form_paragraph.oe_multilines {
+    white-space: pre;
+}
+
 .openerp .oe_form_field_one2many .oe-actions h3.oe_view_title,
 .openerp .oe_form_field_one2many_list .oe-actions h3.oe_view_title{
     display: inline;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index f4749717a6b..114d8a6a189 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1197,6 +1197,11 @@ openerp.web.form.WidgetLabel = openerp.web.form.Widget.extend({
 
         this._super(view, node);
 
+        if (this.node.tag == 'label' && !this.string && this.node.children.length) {
+            this.string = this.node.children[0];
+            this.align = 'left';
+        }
+
         if (this.node.tag == 'label' && (this.align === 'left' || this.node.attrs.colspan || (this.string && this.string.length > 32))) {
             this.template = "WidgetParagraph";
             this.colspan = parseInt(this.node.attrs.colspan || 1, 10);
@@ -1205,6 +1210,8 @@ openerp.web.form.WidgetLabel = openerp.web.form.Widget.extend({
             if (isNaN(parseFloat(this.node.attrs.align))) {
                 this.align = 'left';
             }
+
+            this.multilines = this.string && _.str.lines(this.string).length > 1;
         } else {
             this.colspan = 1;
             this.width = '1%';
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 69c491c73a5..c1fdb3b7c92 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@
     </ul>
 </t>
 <t t-name="WidgetParagraph">
-    <p t-attf-class="oe_form_paragraph oe_align_#{widget.align}"><t t-esc="widget.string"/></p>
+    <p t-attf-class="oe_form_paragraph oe_align_#{widget.align} #{widget.multilines ? 'oe_multilines' : ''}"><t t-esc="widget.string"/></p>
 </t>
 <t t-name="FieldChar">
     <input t-att-type="widget.password ? 'password' : 'text'" size="1"