diff --git a/csinfo/static/css/custom.css b/csinfo/static/css/custom.css
index a6bf4a41..0027b3fb 100644
--- a/csinfo/static/css/custom.css
+++ b/csinfo/static/css/custom.css
@@ -270,3 +270,9 @@ fieldset[disabled] .btn-custom.active {
     border-color: #d35400;
 }
 
+.help-text {
+    margin-top: 5%;
+    background-color: #eee;
+    border-color: #b9b9b9;
+    color: #555;
+}
diff --git a/directory/forms.py b/directory/forms.py
index 66b6eb53..ab702aad 100644
--- a/directory/forms.py
+++ b/directory/forms.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class MainSearchForm(forms.Form):
         widget=forms.TextInput(
             attrs={
                 'class': 'form-control input-lg',
-                'placeholder': 'cipher, algorithm, vulnerability...',
+                'placeholder': 'cipher, algorithm, rfc, vulnerability...',
             }
         ),
     )
diff --git a/directory/templates/directory/index.html b/directory/templates/directory/index.html
index 1a1d9020..05f16500 100644
--- a/directory/templates/directory/index.html
+++ b/directory/templates/directory/index.html
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ <h1 class="title-heading">Search this site</h1>
             </form>
         </div><!-- end end input -->
     </div><!-- end column -->
+    <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3" align="center">
+        <div class="alert alert-info help-text" role="alert">
+            <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign" aria-hidden="true"></span> When searching for complete cipher suite names please use IANA format, e.g. "<a href="/search/?q=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA">TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA</a>".
+        </div>
+    </div><!-- end column -->
 </div><!-- end row -->
 
 {% endblock content %}