diff --git a/docs/widgets/core/textarea.md b/docs/widgets/core/textarea.md
index 70339c67b5..33dcbfbc5e 100644
--- a/docs/widgets/core/textarea.md
+++ b/docs/widgets/core/textarea.md
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ In password mode `lv_textarea_get_text(textarea)` returns the actual text entere
 
 The visibility time can be adjusted with `LV_TEXTAREA_DEF_PWD_SHOW_TIME)` in `lv_conf.h`.
 
+### Text alignment
+
+To align the text in the Text area ` lv_textarea_set_align(textarea, LV_TEXT_ALIGN_LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER)` needs to be used instead of setting the `text_align` style property.
+
+
 ### Accepted characters
 You can set a list of accepted characters with `lv_textarae_set_accepted_chars(textarea, "0123456789.+-")`. 
 Other characters will be ignored. 
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ Other characters will be ignored.
 ### Max text length
 The maximum number of characters can be limited with `lv_textarea_set_max_length(textarea, max_char_num)`
 
+
 ### Very long texts
 If there is a very long text in the Text area (e. g. > 20k characters), scrolling and drawing might be slow. 
 However, by enabling `LV_LABEL_LONG_TXT_HINT   1` in `lv_conf.h` the performance can be hugely improved.