diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0aa81f4be..9883c3dd75 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org).
 - Mpdf and Tcpdf Borders on Merged Cells. [Issue #3557](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/3557) [PR #4047](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/4047)
 - Xls Conditional Format Improvements. [PR #4030](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/4030) [PR #4033](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/4033)
 - Conditional Range Unions and Intersections [Issue #4039](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/4039) [PR #4042](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/4042)
+- Ods comments with newlines. [Issue #4081](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/4081) [PR #4086](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/4086)
 - Propagate errors in Text functions. [Issue #2581](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/2581) [PR #4080](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/4080)
 - Csv Reader allow use of html mimetype. [Issue #4036](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/4036) [PR #4040](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/4040)
 - Problem rendering line chart with missing plot label. [PR #4074](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/4074)
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php
index ceb345dc3f..346d97c543 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php
@@ -436,14 +436,25 @@ public function loadIntoExisting(string $filename, Spreadsheet $spreadsheet): Sp
 
                                 if ($annotation->length > 0 && $annotation->item(0) !== null) {
                                     $textNode = $annotation->item(0)->getElementsByTagNameNS($textNs, 'p');
+                                    $textNodeLength = $textNode->length;
+                                    $newLineOwed = false;
+                                    for ($textNodeIndex = 0; $textNodeIndex < $textNodeLength; ++$textNodeIndex) {
+                                        $textNodeItem = $textNode->item($textNodeIndex);
+                                        if ($textNodeItem !== null) {
+                                            $text = $this->scanElementForText($textNodeItem);
+                                            if ($newLineOwed) {
+                                                $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
+                                                    ->getComment($columnID . $rowID)
+                                                    ->getText()
+                                                    ->createText("\n");
+                                            }
+                                            $newLineOwed = true;
 
-                                    if ($textNode->length > 0 && $textNode->item(0) !== null) {
-                                        $text = $this->scanElementForText($textNode->item(0));
-
-                                        $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
-                                            ->getComment($columnID . $rowID)
-                                            ->setText($this->parseRichText($text));
-//                                                                    ->setAuthor( $author )
+                                            $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
+                                                ->getComment($columnID . $rowID)
+                                                ->getText()
+                                                ->createText($this->parseRichText($text));
+                                        }
                                     }
                                 }
 
@@ -731,6 +742,8 @@ protected function scanElementForText(DOMNode $element): string
             /** @var DOMNode $child */
             if ($child->nodeType == XML_TEXT_NODE) {
                 $str .= $child->nodeValue;
+            } elseif ($child->nodeType == XML_ELEMENT_NODE && $child->nodeName == 'text:line-break') {
+                $str .= "\n";
             } elseif ($child->nodeType == XML_ELEMENT_NODE && $child->nodeName == 'text:s') {
                 // It's a space
 
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Ods/Cell/Comment.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Ods/Cell/Comment.php
index b0829bf1de..f0b7d57041 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Ods/Cell/Comment.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Ods/Cell/Comment.php
@@ -24,7 +24,22 @@ public static function write(XMLWriter $objWriter, Cell $cell): void
         $objWriter->writeAttribute('svg:x', $comment->getMarginLeft());
         $objWriter->writeAttribute('svg:y', $comment->getMarginTop());
         $objWriter->writeElement('dc:creator', $comment->getAuthor());
-        $objWriter->writeElement('text:p', $comment->getText()->getPlainText());
+
+        $objWriter->startElement('text:p');
+        $text = $comment->getText()->getPlainText();
+        $textElements = explode("\n", $text);
+        $newLineOwed = false;
+        foreach ($textElements as $textSegment) {
+            if ($newLineOwed) {
+                $objWriter->writeElement('text:line-break');
+            }
+            $newLineOwed = true;
+            if ($textSegment !== '') {
+                $objWriter->writeElement('text:span', $textSegment);
+            }
+        }
+        $objWriter->endElement(); // text:p
+
         $objWriter->endElement();
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Ods/MultiLineCommentTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Ods/MultiLineCommentTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6fd5657a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Ods/MultiLineCommentTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Reader\Ods;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Ods;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Functional\AbstractFunctional;
+
+class MultiLineCommentTest extends AbstractFunctional
+{
+    public function testMultipleParagraphs(): void
+    {
+        $filename = 'tests/data/Reader/Ods/issue.4081.ods';
+        $reader = new Ods();
+        $spreadsheet = $reader->load($filename);
+        $sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+        self::assertSame("First line.\n\nSecond line.", $sheet->getComment('A1')->getText()->getPlainText());
+        $spreadsheet->disconnectWorksheets();
+    }
+
+    public function testOneParagraphMultipleSpans(): void
+    {
+        $spreadsheetOld = new Spreadsheet();
+        $sheetOld = $spreadsheetOld->getActiveSheet();
+        $sheetOld->getCell('A1')->setValue('Hello');
+        $text = $sheetOld->getComment('A1')->getText();
+        $text->createText('First');
+        $text->createText(' line.');
+        $text->createText("\n");
+        $text->createText("\n");
+        $text->createText("Second line.\nThird line.");
+        $spreadsheet = $this->writeAndReload($spreadsheetOld, 'Ods');
+        $spreadsheetOld->disconnectWorksheets();
+
+        $sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+        self::assertSame("First line.\n\nSecond line.\nThird line.", $sheet->getComment('A1')->getText()->getPlainText());
+        $spreadsheet->disconnectWorksheets();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/data/Reader/Ods/issue.4081.ods b/tests/data/Reader/Ods/issue.4081.ods
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d690bd4e1
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