diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 70b082e8..43ffbce6 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ http://visjs.org
 - Fixed some positioning issues with the close button of the manipulation menu.
 - Added fontFill to Nodes as it is in Edges.
 - Implemented support for broken image fallback. Thanks @sfairgrieve.
+- Added multiline labels to edges as they are implemented in nodes. Updated multiline example to show this.
 
 ### Timeline
 
diff --git a/examples/network/10_multiline_text.html b/examples/network/10_multiline_text.html
index f05c70f3..dfea910d 100644
--- a/examples/network/10_multiline_text.html
+++ b/examples/network/10_multiline_text.html
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
       var edges = [
         {from: 1, to: 2, style: 'line', color: 'red', width: 3, length: 200}, // individual length definition is possible
         {from: 1, to: 3, style: 'dash-line', width: 1, length: 200},
-        {from: 1, to: 4, style: 'line', width: 1, length: 200},
-        {from: 1, to: 5, style: 'arrow', width: 3, length: 200}
+        {from: 1, to: 4, style: 'line', width: 1, length: 200, label:'I\'m an edge!'},
+        {from: 1, to: 5, style: 'arrow', width: 3, length: 200, label:'arrows\nare cool'}
       ];
 
       // create a network