diff --git a/src/widgets/pageview.cpp b/src/widgets/pageview.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/pageview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/pageview.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     m_centralView->setStyleSheet( "QTreeView::branch { border-image: url(none.png); }" );
 
     m_quickAddEdit->setObjectName("quickAddEdit");
-    m_quickAddEdit->setPlaceholderText(tr("Type and press enter to add an action"));
+    m_quickAddEdit->setPlaceholderText(tr("Type and press enter to add an item"));
     connect(m_quickAddEdit, SIGNAL(editingFinished()), this, SLOT(onEditingFinished()));
 
     auto layout = new QVBoxLayout;
diff --git a/tests/units/widgets/pageviewtest.cpp b/tests/units/widgets/pageviewtest.cpp
--- a/tests/units/widgets/pageviewtest.cpp
+++ b/tests/units/widgets/pageviewtest.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         QVERIFY(quickAddEdit);
         QVERIFY(quickAddEdit->isVisibleTo(&page));
         QVERIFY(quickAddEdit->text().isEmpty());
-        QCOMPARE(quickAddEdit->placeholderText(), tr("Type and press enter to add an action"));
+        QCOMPARE(quickAddEdit->placeholderText(), tr("Type and press enter to add an item"));
 
         auto addAction = page.findChild<QAction*>("addItemAction");
         QVERIFY(addAction);