diff --git a/kcms/dateandtime/dateandtime.ui b/kcms/dateandtime/dateandtime.ui
--- a/kcms/dateandtime/dateandtime.ui
+++ b/kcms/dateandtime/dateandtime.ui
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
           <bool>true</bool>
          </property>
          <property name="placeholderText">
-          <string>Search</string>
+          <string>Search...</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
diff --git a/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/FontFilter.cpp b/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/FontFilter.cpp
--- a/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/FontFilter.cpp
+++ b/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/FontFilter.cpp
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
             itsCurrentFileTypes.clear();
 
             setCriteria(crit);
-            setPlaceholderText(i18n("Type here to filter on %1", act->text().toLower()));
+            setPlaceholderText(i18n("Filter by %1...", act->text().toLower()));
             setReadOnly(false);
         }
     }