diff --git a/addons/account/account_invoice_view.xml b/addons/account/account_invoice_view.xml
index 05da4af666e..0847a5d3d48 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_invoice_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_invoice_view.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
                 <sheet string="Supplier Invoice" layout="auto">
                     <group col="8" colspan="4" class="oe_form_header">
                         <field name="journal_id" on_change="onchange_journal_id(journal_id)" widget="selection"/>
-                        <field name="number" readonly="1"/>
+                        <field name="number" readonly="1" placeholder="PO0025"/>
                         <field name="type" invisible="1"/>
                         <field name="currency_id" width="50"/>
                         <button name="%(action_account_change_currency)d" type="action" icon="terp-stock_effects-object-colorize" string="Change" attrs="{'invisible':[('state','!=','draft')]}" groups="account.group_account_user"/>
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
                         <page string="Invoice">
                            <field domain="[('company_id', '=', company_id), ('type', '=', 'payable')]" name="account_id" groups="account.group_account_user"/>
                             <field name="reference_type" nolabel="1" size="0"/>
-                            <field name="reference" nolabel="1"/>
+                            <field name="reference" nolabel="1" placeholder="Payment Reference"/>
                             <field name="date_due"/>
                             <field colspan="4" context="{'partner_id': partner_id, 'price_type': 'price_type' in dir() and price_type or False, 'type': type}" name="invoice_line" nolabel="1">
                                 <tree string="Invoice lines">
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
                             <field name="payment_term" widget="selection"/>
                             <field name="name"/>
                             <newline/>
-                            <field name="origin"/>
+                            <field name="origin" placeholder="PO0025"/>
                             <field name="user_id"/>
                             <field name="move_id" groups="account.group_account_user"/>
                             <separator colspan="4" string="Additional Information"/>
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
                     <field name="payment_term" widget="selection"/>
                     <newline/>
                     <field domain="[('company_id', '=', company_id),('type','=', 'receivable')]" name="account_id" groups="account.group_account_user"/>
-                    <field name="name"/>
+                    <field name="name" placeholder="Project XYZ"/>
                     </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="Invoice">
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
                             <field name="user_id"/>
                             <newline/>
                             <field domain="[('partner_id.ref_companies', 'in', [company_id])]" name="partner_bank_id"/>
-                            <field name="origin"/>
+                            <field name="origin" placeholder="SO0032"/>
                             <field name="move_id" groups="account.group_account_user"/>
                             <separator colspan="4" string="Additional Information"/>
                             <field colspan="4" name="comment" nolabel="1"/>
diff --git a/addons/account_voucher/account_voucher_view.xml b/addons/account_voucher/account_voucher_view.xml
index 349d4e70ed7..f87bad847b3 100644
--- a/addons/account_voucher/account_voucher_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account_voucher/account_voucher_view.xml
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
                         <field name="date" on_change="onchange_date(date, currency_id, payment_rate_currency_id, amount, company_id)"/>
                         <field name="journal_id" widget="selection" select="1" on_change="onchange_journal_voucher(line_ids, tax_id, amount, partner_id, journal_id, type)"/>
                         <field name="type" required="1"/>
-                        <field name="name" colspan="2"/>
+                        <field name="name" colspan="2" placeholder="Invoice SAJ/0042"/>
                         <field name="company_id" widget="selection" groups="base.group_multi_company"/>
-                        <field name="reference" select="1"/>
+                        <field name="reference" select="1" placeholder="003/10"/>
                         <field name="account_id" widget="selection" invisible="True"/>
                     </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">