diff --git a/addons/web_editor/views/snippets.xml b/addons/web_editor/views/snippets.xml
index c973d9fc9f6..83e017bd6ba 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/views/snippets.xml
+++ b/addons/web_editor/views/snippets.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     </div>
 
     <div class="o_snippet_search_filter">
-        <input type="text" class="o_snippet_search_filter_input" placeholder="Search..."/>
+        <input type="text" class="o_snippet_search_filter_input" placeholder="Search for a block (e.g. numbers, image wall, ...)"/>
         <i role="button" class="fa fa-times o_snippet_search_filter_reset d-none"/>
     </div>