diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1037f1c7379..ac0d4fe15fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ## [`master`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/master)
 
-No public interface changes since `28.2.0`.
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- Fixed bug in `EuiBasicTable` not fully expanding tall rows (height > 1000px) ([#3855](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/3855))
 
 ## [`28.2.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v28.2.0)
 
diff --git a/src-docs/src/views/form_layouts/guidelines.js b/src-docs/src/views/form_layouts/guidelines.js
index b317255ec95..8fc59aad61d 100644
--- a/src-docs/src/views/form_layouts/guidelines.js
+++ b/src-docs/src/views/form_layouts/guidelines.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default () => (
             <h4>Provide help text</h4>
             <p>
               Show validation parameters in the help text below the input. For
-              example: Spaces and special charaters are not allowed.
+              example: Spaces and special characters are not allowed.
             </p>
           </EuiText>
         </EuiPanel>
diff --git a/src/components/table/_table.scss b/src/components/table/_table.scss
index 4168f41946f..0e7405fb66a 100644
--- a/src/components/table/_table.scss
+++ b/src/components/table/_table.scss
@@ -226,8 +226,12 @@
     max-height: 0;
   }
 
+  99% {
+    max-height: 100vh;
+  }
+
   100% {
-    max-height: 1000px;
+    max-height: unset;
   }
 }