diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/BlogPostRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/BlogPostRequest.php
index abf6c00..80ee370 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/BlogPostRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/BlogPostRequest.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class BlogPostRequest extends FormRequest
     {
         return [
             'title' => 'required|min:5|max:150',
-            'body' => 'required|min:20|max:10000',
+            'body' => 'required|min:5|max:10000',
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/resources/views/posts/create.blade.php b/resources/views/posts/create.blade.php
index 52471a7..2276849 100644
--- a/resources/views/posts/create.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/posts/create.blade.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                         <div class="input-group-prepend">
                             <span class="input-group-text"><i class="fab fa-markdown fa-fw"></i></span>
                         </div>
-                        <textarea class="form-control" minlength="20" maxlength="10000" aria-describedby="bodyHelp" name="body" id="body" rows="7"></textarea>
+                        <textarea class="form-control" minlength="5" maxlength="10000" aria-describedby="bodyHelp" name="body" id="body" rows="7"></textarea>
                     </div>
 
                     <small id="bodyHelp" class="form-text text-muted">The body of your blog post. Supports <i class="fab fa-markdown"></i> Markdown!</small>