diff --git a/ckan/templates/header.html b/ckan/templates/header.html
index 8417c953181..3baf9045083 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/header.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/header.html
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ <h1>
         <form class="section site-search simple-input" action="{% url_for controller='package', action='search' %}" method="get">
           <div class="field">
             <label for="field-sitewide-search">{{ _('Search Datasets') }}</label>
-            <input id="field-sitewide-search" type="text" name="q" placeholder="{{ _('Search') }}" />
+            <input id="field-sitewide-search" type="text" name="q" placeholder="{{ _('Search datasets...') }}" />
             <button class="btn-search" type="submit"><i class="icon-search"></i></button>
           </div>
         </form>
diff --git a/ckan/templates/snippets/search_form.html b/ckan/templates/snippets/search_form.html
index bc02507f4eb..d0c6bd95887 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/snippets/search_form.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/snippets/search_form.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% import 'macros/form.html' as form %}
 
-{% set placeholder = placeholder if placeholder else _('Search...') %}
+{% set placeholder = placeholder if placeholder else _('Search datasets...') %}
 {% set sorting = sorting if sorting else [(_('Name Ascending'), 'name asc'), (_('Name Descending'), 'name desc')] %}
 {% set search_class = search_class if search_class else 'search-giant' %}
 {% set no_bottom_border = no_bottom_border if no_bottom_border else false %}