diff --git a/administrator/components/com_fields/models/forms/field.xml b/administrator/components/com_fields/models/forms/field.xml
index 0ede000749c59..a14c8112b6397 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_fields/models/forms/field.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_fields/models/forms/field.xml
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@
 			<field
 				name="hint"
 				type="text"
-				label="COM_FIELDS_FIELD_HINT_LABEL"
-				description="COM_FIELDS_FIELD_HINT_DESC"
+				label="COM_FIELDS_FIELD_PLACEHOLDER_LABEL"
+				description="COM_FIELDS_FIELD_PLACEHOLDER_DESC"
 				class="input-xxlarge"
 				size="40"
 			/>
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_fields.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_fields.ini
index 6f7383aec0323..4ec4907c961b2 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_fields.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_fields.ini
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ COM_FIELDS_FIELD_DISPLAY_DESC="Joomla offers some content events which are trigg
 COM_FIELDS_FIELD_DISPLAY_LABEL="Automatic Display"
 COM_FIELDS_FIELD_GROUP_DESC="The group this field belongs to."
 COM_FIELDS_FIELD_GROUP_LABEL="Field Group"
-COM_FIELDS_FIELD_HINT_DESC="The hint of the field, also called placeholder."
-COM_FIELDS_FIELD_HINT_LABEL="Hint"
+COM_FIELDS_FIELD_PLACEHOLDER_DESC="A placeholder text which will appear inside the field as a hint for the input."
+COM_FIELDS_FIELD_PLACEHOLDER_LABEL="Placeholder"
 COM_FIELDS_FIELD_IMAGE_ALT_DESC="Alternative text used for visitors without access to images."
 COM_FIELDS_FIELD_IMAGE_ALT_LABEL="Alt Text"
 COM_FIELDS_FIELD_IMAGE_DESC="Image label."