diff --git a/app/partials/views/modules/lightbox_add-new-us.jade b/app/partials/views/modules/lightbox_add-new-us.jade
index 3ff9823d..983637d2 100644
--- a/app/partials/views/modules/lightbox_add-new-us.jade
+++ b/app/partials/views/modules/lightbox_add-new-us.jade
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ form
         input(type="text", name="tags", placeholder="Tags", tg-tags, ng-model="us.tags")
     fieldset
         textarea.description(name="description", ng-model="us.description",
-                             placeholder="It's up to well-educated users to add a description description")
+                             placeholder="Please add descriptive text to help others better understand this US")
     div.new-us-settings
         fieldset
             label.requirement.team-requirement(for="team-requirement", tg-i18n="us.team-requirement")