diff --git a/frontend/src/components/resources/common.tsx b/frontend/src/components/resources/common.tsx
index 28e6b58ca..93cf76dbc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/resources/common.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/resources/common.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export const ResourceDescription = ({
   return (
     <TextUpdateMenu
       title="Update Description"
+      placeholder="Set Description"
       value={resource?.description}
       onUpdate={(description) =>
         update_description({