diff --git a/frontend/src/html/popups.html b/frontend/src/html/popups.html
index 54c377a4a2eb..7e151769213f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/html/popups.html
+++ b/frontend/src/html/popups.html
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
         type="text"
         maxlength="200"
         autocomplete="off"
-        placeholder="Filter by text"
+        placeholder="filter by text, source or id"
       />
       <select class="quoteLengthFilter" multiple></select>
       <div id="toggleShowFavorites" class="button">Favorites Only</div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/popups/quote-search-popup.ts b/frontend/src/ts/popups/quote-search-popup.ts
index d84013b43ad3..7b1e3d1f2507 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/popups/quote-search-popup.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/popups/quote-search-popup.ts
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export async function show(clearText = true): Promise<void> {
       select: "#quoteSearchPopup .quoteLengthFilter",
       settings: {
         showSearch: false,
-        placeholderText: "Filter by length",
+        placeholderText: "filter by length",
       },
       data: [
         {