diff --git a/src/libresrc/default_config.json b/src/libresrc/default_config.json
index 75b8f33b8..72158d3c9 100644
--- a/src/libresrc/default_config.json
+++ b/src/libresrc/default_config.json
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@
 			"Width" : 1280
 		},
 		"Edit Box" : {
+			"Soft Line Break": false,
 			"Font Face" : "",
 			"Font Size" : 10
 		},
diff --git a/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json b/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
index 3b90825f8..439038eeb 100644
--- a/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
+++ b/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@
 			"Width" : 1280
 		},
 		"Edit Box" : {
+			"Soft Line Break": false,
 			"Font Face" : "",
 			"Font Size" : 13
 		},
diff --git a/src/preferences.cpp b/src/preferences.cpp
index 8657b3ffe..bfce6a5ee 100644
--- a/src/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void Interface(wxTreebook *book, Preferences *parent) {
 	auto edit_box = p->PageSizer(_("Edit Box"));
 	p->OptionAdd(edit_box, _("Enable call tips"), "App/Call Tips");
 	p->OptionAdd(edit_box, _("Overwrite in time boxes"), "Subtitle/Time Edit/Insert Mode");
-	p->CellSkip(edit_box);
+	p->OptionAdd(edit_box, _("Shift+Enter adds \\n"), "Subtitle/Edit Box/Soft Line Break");
 	p->OptionAdd(edit_box, _("Enable syntax highlighting"), "Subtitle/Highlight/Syntax");
 	p->OptionBrowse(edit_box, _("Dictionaries path"), "Path/Dictionary");
 	p->OptionFont(edit_box, "Subtitle/Edit Box/");
diff --git a/src/subs_edit_ctrl.cpp b/src/subs_edit_ctrl.cpp
index 0a22c382d..5ebf7b2a4 100644
--- a/src/subs_edit_ctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/subs_edit_ctrl.cpp
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void SubsTextEditCtrl::OnKeyDown(wxKeyEvent &event) {
 		auto sel_start = GetSelectionStart(), sel_end = GetSelectionEnd();
 		wxCharBuffer old = GetTextRaw();
 		std::string data(old.data(), sel_start);
-		data.append("\\N");
+		data.append(OPT_GET("Subtitle/Edit Box/Soft Line Break")->GetBool() ? "\\n" : "\\N");
 		data.append(old.data() + sel_end, old.length() - sel_end);
 		SetTextRaw(data.c_str());