diff --git a/util/src/main/resources/com/ning/billing/util/ddl.sql b/util/src/main/resources/com/ning/billing/util/ddl.sql
index 8fe1028..ca8dc85 100644
--- a/util/src/main/resources/com/ning/billing/util/ddl.sql
+++ b/util/src/main/resources/com/ning/billing/util/ddl.sql
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ CREATE TABLE audit_log (
change_type char(6) NOT NULL,
change_date datetime NOT NULL,
changed_by varchar(50) NOT NULL,
- reason_code varchar(20) DEFAULT NULL,
+ reason_code varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
comments varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
user_token char(36),
account_record_id int(11) unsigned default null,
