diff --git a/packages/web/src/features/chat/components/chatBox/chatBox.tsx b/packages/web/src/features/chat/components/chatBox/chatBox.tsx
index 44e2576a..c33cbdf1 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/features/chat/components/chatBox/chatBox.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/features/chat/components/chatBox/chatBox.tsx
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ export const ChatBox = ({
         >
             <Editable
                 className="w-full focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-0 bg-background text-base disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50 md:text-sm"
-                placeholder="Ask, plan, or search your codebase. @mention files to refine your query."
+                placeholder="Ask questions about the selected search contexts. @mention files to refine your query."
                 renderElement={renderElement}
                 renderLeaf={renderLeaf}
                 onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
diff --git a/packages/web/src/features/chat/components/chatBox/contextSelector.tsx b/packages/web/src/features/chat/components/chatBox/contextSelector.tsx
index e2ebe18c..3bec39c5 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/features/chat/components/chatBox/contextSelector.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/features/chat/components/chatBox/contextSelector.tsx
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export const ContextSelector = React.forwardRef<
                 >
                     <Command>
                         <CommandInput
-                            placeholder="Search contexts and repos..."
+                            placeholder="Search contexts..."
                             onKeyDown={handleInputKeyDown}
                         />
                         <CommandList ref={scrollContainerRef}>