diff --git a/src/drf_yasg/codecs.py b/src/drf_yasg/codecs.py
index 03fd1ed2..24ec252e 100644
--- a/src/drf_yasg/codecs.py
+++ b/src/drf_yasg/codecs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from six import raise_from
-
 import copy
 import json
 import logging
@@ -8,6 +6,8 @@
 from coreapi.compat import force_bytes
 from ruamel import yaml
 
+from six import binary_type, raise_from, text_type
+
 from . import openapi
 from .errors import SwaggerValidationError
 
@@ -176,7 +176,14 @@ def represent_odict(self, mapping, flow_style=None):  # pragma: no cover
                 node.flow_style = best_style
         return node
 
+    def represent_text(self, text):
+        if "\n" in text:
+            return self.represent_scalar('tag:yaml.org,2002:str', text, style='|')
+        return self.represent_scalar('tag:yaml.org,2002:str', text)
+
 
+SaneYamlDumper.add_representer(binary_type, SaneYamlDumper.represent_text)
+SaneYamlDumper.add_representer(text_type, SaneYamlDumper.represent_text)
 SaneYamlDumper.add_representer(OrderedDict, SaneYamlDumper.represent_odict)
 SaneYamlDumper.add_multi_representer(OrderedDict, SaneYamlDumper.represent_odict)
 
diff --git a/testproj/testproj/urls.py b/testproj/testproj/urls.py
index 09e8211b..c7169064 100644
--- a/testproj/testproj/urls.py
+++ b/testproj/testproj/urls.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
     default_version='v1',
     description="""This is a demo project for the [drf-yasg](https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg) Django Rest Framework library.
 
-The `swagger-ui` view can be found [here](/cached/swagger).  
-The `ReDoc` view can be found [here](/cached/redoc).  
-The swagger YAML document can be found [here](/cached/swagger.yaml).  
+The `swagger-ui` view can be found [here](/cached/swagger).
+The `ReDoc` view can be found [here](/cached/redoc).
+The swagger YAML document can be found [here](/cached/swagger.yaml).
 
 You can log in using the pre-existing `admin` user with password `passwordadmin`.""",  # noqa
     terms_of_service="https://www.google.com/policies/terms/",
diff --git a/tests/reference.yaml b/tests/reference.yaml
index 6af34753..9b9b8a60 100644
--- a/tests/reference.yaml
+++ b/tests/reference.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ info:
   title: Snippets API
   description: "This is a demo project for the [drf-yasg](https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg)\
     \ Django Rest Framework library.\n\nThe `swagger-ui` view can be found [here](/cached/swagger).\
-    \  \nThe `ReDoc` view can be found [here](/cached/redoc).  \nThe swagger YAML\
-    \ document can be found [here](/cached/swagger.yaml).  \n\nYou can log in using\
+    \nThe `ReDoc` view can be found [here](/cached/redoc).\nThe swagger YAML\
+    \ document can be found [here](/cached/swagger.yaml).\n\nYou can log in using\
     \ the pre-existing `admin` user with password `passwordadmin`."
   termsOfService: https://www.google.com/policies/terms/
   contact:
diff --git a/tests/test_schema_generator.py b/tests/test_schema_generator.py
index b232db1b..61dd5a59 100644
--- a/tests/test_schema_generator.py
+++ b/tests/test_schema_generator.py
@@ -334,3 +334,20 @@ def retrieve(self, request, pk=None):
     swagger = generator.get_schema(None, True)
     property_schema = swagger["definitions"]["OptionalMethod"]["properties"]["x"]
     assert property_schema == openapi.Schema(title='X', type=expected_type, readOnly=True)
+
+
+EXPECTED_DESCRIPTION = """\
+  description: |-
+    This is a demo project for the [drf-yasg](https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg) Django Rest Framework library.
+
+    The `swagger-ui` view can be found [here](/cached/swagger).
+    The `ReDoc` view can be found [here](/cached/redoc).
+    The swagger YAML document can be found [here](/cached/swagger.yaml).
+
+    You can log in using the pre-existing `admin` user with password `passwordadmin`.
+"""
+
+def test_multiline_strings(call_generate_swagger):
+    output = call_generate_swagger(format='yaml')
+    print("|\n|".join(output.splitlines()[:20]))
+    assert EXPECTED_DESCRIPTION in output