diff --git a/src/material-examples/text-field-autosize-textarea/text-field-autosize-textarea-example.html b/src/material-examples/text-field-autosize-textarea/text-field-autosize-textarea-example.html
index 761214c4f10..9a52e1e5f99 100644
--- a/src/material-examples/text-field-autosize-textarea/text-field-autosize-textarea-example.html
+++ b/src/material-examples/text-field-autosize-textarea/text-field-autosize-textarea-example.html
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
   <textarea matInput
             cdkTextareaAutosize
             #autosize="cdkTextareaAutosize"
-            cdkAutosizeMinRows="2"
+            cdkAutosizeMinRows="1"
             cdkAutosizeMaxRows="5"></textarea>
 </mat-form-field>