2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
index ecd26891d6..71be2955a8 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ module ActionView
                            autofocus novalidate formnovalidate open pubdate).to_set
       BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTES.merge(BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTES.map {|attribute| attribute.to_sym })
 
+      PRE_CONTENT_STRINGS = {
+        :textarea => "\n"
+      }
+
       # Returns an empty HTML tag of type +name+ which by default is XHTML
       # compliant. Set +open+ to true to create an open tag compatible
       # with HTML 4.0 and below. Add HTML attributes by passing an attributes
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ module ActionView
         def content_tag_string(name, content, options, escape = true)
           tag_options = tag_options(options, escape) if options
           content     = ERB::Util.h(content) if escape
-          "<#{name}#{tag_options}>#{content}</#{name}>".html_safe
+          "<#{name}#{tag_options}>#{PRE_CONTENT_STRINGS[name.to_sym]}#{content}</#{name}>".html_safe
         end
 
         def tag_options(options, escape = true)
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/text_area.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/text_area.rb
index 2e48850d5c..f74652c5e7 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/text_area.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/text_area.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module ActionView
             options["cols"], options["rows"] = size.split("x") if size.respond_to?(:split)
           end
 
-          content_tag("textarea", "\n#{options.delete('value') || value_before_type_cast(object)}", options)
+          content_tag("textarea", options.delete('value') || value_before_type_cast(object), options)
         end
       end
     end