diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/js/TextInputExample.ios.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/js/TextInputExample.ios.js
index 6c166b39105..a65d55393a1 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/js/TextInputExample.ios.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/js/TextInputExample.ios.js
@@ -679,6 +679,12 @@ exports.examples = [
             keyboardType="url"
             style={[styles.multiline, styles.multilineWithFontStyles]}
           />
+          <TextInput
+            placeholder="multiline text input with max length"
+            maxLength={5}
+            multiline={true}
+            style={styles.multiline}
+          />
           <TextInput
             placeholder="uneditable multiline text input"
             editable={false}
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/RCTTextView.m b/Libraries/Text/RCTTextView.m
index 4c377a58bcc..3275a9e6f44 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/RCTTextView.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/RCTTextView.m
@@ -377,16 +377,20 @@ static NSAttributedString *removeReactTagFromString(NSAttributedString *string)
   if (_maxLength) {
     NSUInteger allowedLength = _maxLength.integerValue - textView.text.length + range.length;
     if (text.length > allowedLength) {
+      // If we typed/pasted more than one character, limit the text inputted
       if (text.length > 1) {
         // Truncate the input string so the result is exactly maxLength
         NSString *limitedString = [text substringToIndex:allowedLength];
         NSMutableString *newString = textView.text.mutableCopy;
         [newString replaceCharactersInRange:range withString:limitedString];
         textView.text = newString;
+        _predictedText = newString;
+
         // Collapse selection at end of insert to match normal paste behavior
         UITextPosition *insertEnd = [textView positionFromPosition:textView.beginningOfDocument
                                                             offset:(range.location + allowedLength)];
         textView.selectedTextRange = [textView textRangeFromPosition:insertEnd toPosition:insertEnd];
+
         [self textViewDidChange:textView];
       }
       return NO;