diff --git a/plugins/PDFReports/API.php b/plugins/PDFReports/API.php
index fa587c37251a3586d1bbd29a5d205d8c4d2b791c..7f1c6ae7e558a93edb82f7af55e2a465b5dd2a74 100644
--- a/plugins/PDFReports/API.php
+++ b/plugins/PDFReports/API.php
@@ -308,7 +308,9 @@ class Piwik_PDFReports_API
     			}
     		}
 		}
-		
+
+		$description = str_replace(array("\r", "\n"), ' ', $description);
+
 		// The report will be rendered with the first 30 rows and will aggregate other rows in a summary row
     	$filterTruncateGET = Piwik_Common::getRequestVar('filter_truncate', false);
     	$_GET['filter_truncate'] = 30;