diff --git a/include/class.dynamic_forms.php b/include/class.dynamic_forms.php
index c1bedad651cc73e25edbc8c364ffe6f706cd43ee..924ad0140d720ab181a5ccb62a6c55a18750d8a3 100644
--- a/include/class.dynamic_forms.php
+++ b/include/class.dynamic_forms.php
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ class SelectionField extends FormField {
             )),
             'prompt' => new TextboxField(array(
                 'id'=>2, 'label'=>'Prompt', 'required'=>false, 'default'=>'',
-                'hint'=>'Text shown in the drop-down select before a value is selected',
+                'hint'=>'Leading text shown before a value is selected',
                 'configuration'=>array('size'=>40, 'length'=>40),
             )),
         );
@@ -974,7 +974,8 @@ class SelectionWidget extends ChoicesWidget {
         <span style="display:inline-block">
         <input type="text" size="30" name="<?php echo $this->name; ?>"
             id="<?php echo $this->name; ?>" value="<?php echo $name; ?>"
-            autocomplete="off" />
+            placeholder="<?php echo $config['prompt'];
+            ?>" autocomplete="off" />
         <input type="hidden" name="<?php echo $this->name;
             ?>_id" id="<?php echo $this->name; ?>_id" value="<?php echo $value; ?>"/>
         <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/include/class.forms.php b/include/class.forms.php
index dd4d662397fef27a056f1caf0baef44e6645d111..ca4cf44a7a38e31eea60365ffc23139e68603275 100644
--- a/include/class.forms.php
+++ b/include/class.forms.php
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ class ChoiceField extends FormField {
             )),
             'prompt' => new TextboxField(array(
                 'id'=>2, 'label'=>'Prompt', 'required'=>false, 'default'=>'',
-                'hint'=>'Text shown in the drop-down select before a value is selected',
+                'hint'=>'Leading text shown before a value is selected',
                 'configuration'=>array('size'=>40, 'length'=>40),
             )),
         );
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ class PriorityField extends ChoiceField {
         return array(
             'prompt' => new TextboxField(array(
                 'id'=>2, 'label'=>'Prompt', 'required'=>false, 'default'=>'',
-                'hint'=>'Text shown in the drop-down select before a value is selected',
+                'hint'=>'Leading text shown before a value is selected',
                 'configuration'=>array('size'=>40, 'length'=>40),
             )),
         );