diff --git a/src/webui/index.php b/src/webui/index.php
index c73bc90..f3ee989 100644
--- a/src/webui/index.php
+++ b/src/webui/index.php
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ $index = $client->index(
     <header>
       <form name="search" method="GET" action="<?php echo $config->webui->url->base; ?>/search.php">
         <h1><?php echo _('Yo!') ?></h1>
-        <input type="text" name="q" placeholder="<?php echo ('request...') ?>" value="" />
+        <input type="text" name="q" placeholder="<?php echo ('request something...') ?>" value="" />
         <button type="submit"><?php echo _('search') ?></button>
       </form>
     </header>
diff --git a/src/webui/search.php b/src/webui/search.php
index 83fc661..3394d1d 100644
--- a/src/webui/search.php
+++ b/src/webui/search.php
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ $results = $index->search($q)
     <header>
       <form name="search" method="GET" action="<?php echo $config->webui->url->base; ?>/search.php">
         <h1><a href="<?php echo $config->webui->url->base; ?>"><?php echo _('Yo!') ?></a></h1>
-        <input type="text" name="q" placeholder="<?php echo _('request') ?>" value="<?php echo htmlentities($q) ?>" />
+        <input type="text" name="q" placeholder="<?php echo _('request something...') ?>" value="<?php echo htmlentities($q) ?>" />
         <button type="submit"><?php echo _('search'); ?></button>
       </form>
     </header>