diff --git a/addons/product/product.py b/addons/product/product.py
index 4201c16402a..f81378be04e 100644
--- a/addons/product/product.py
+++ b/addons/product/product.py
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ class product_product(osv.osv):
         'active': fields.boolean('Active', help="If the active field is set to False, it will allow you to hide the product without removing it."),
         'variants': fields.char('Variants', size=64),
         'product_tmpl_id': fields.many2one('product.template', 'Product Template', required=True, ondelete="cascade"),
-        'ean13': fields.char('EAN13', size=13),
+        'ean13': fields.char('EAN13', size=13, help="The numbers encoded in EAN-13 bar codes are product identification numbers."),
         'packaging' : fields.one2many('product.packaging', 'product_id', 'Logistical Units', help="Gives the different ways to package the same product. This has no impact on the picking order and is mainly used if you use the EDI module."),
         'price_extra': fields.float('Variant Price Extra', digits_compute=dp.get_precision('Sale Price')),
         'price_margin': fields.float('Variant Price Margin', digits_compute=dp.get_precision('Sale Price')),
diff --git a/addons/product/product_view.xml b/addons/product/product_view.xml
index 5d06a80b024..3c099b4abc3 100644
--- a/addons/product/product_view.xml
+++ b/addons/product/product_view.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                         <group colspan="1" col="2">
                             <separator string="Codes" colspan="2"/>
                             <field name="default_code"/>
-                            <field name="ean13"/>
+                            <field name="ean13" placeholder="5901234123457" />
                         </group>
                         <group colspan="1" col="2">
                             <separator string="Characteristics" colspan="2"/>
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@
                             <separator string="Description"/>
                             <field colspan="4" name="description" nolabel="1"/>
                             <separator string="Sale Description"/>
-                            <field colspan="4" name="description_sale" nolabel="1"/>
+                            <field colspan="4" name="description_sale" nolabel="1" placeholder="This note will be displayed on quotations..."/>
                             <separator string="Purchase Description"/>
-                            <field colspan="4" name="description_purchase" nolabel="1"/>
+                            <field colspan="4" name="description_purchase" nolabel="1" placeholder="This note will be displayed on requests for quotation..."/>
                         </page>
                         <page groups="product.group_stock_packaging" string="Packaging">
                             <field colspan="4" name="packaging" nolabel="1">