diff --git a/main/exercice/fill_blanks.class.php b/main/exercice/fill_blanks.class.php
index 75e66df91a..200570d673 100644
--- a/main/exercice/fill_blanks.class.php
+++ b/main/exercice/fill_blanks.class.php
@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ class FillBlanks extends Question
// answer
$form -> addElement ('html', '
','id="answer" cols="122" rows="6" onkeyup="updateBlanks(this)"');
- $form -> addElement ('textarea', 'answer',get_lang('Answer'),'id="answer" cols="65" rows="6" onkeyup="updateBlanks(this)"');
-
-
+
$form -> addRule ('answer',get_lang('GiveText'),'required');
$form -> addRule ('answer',get_lang('DefineBlanks'),'regex','/\[.*\]/');