diff --git a/styles/templates/default/memberlist.tpl b/styles/templates/default/memberlist.tpl
index 4e77baa2e..0d3efef3c 100644
--- a/styles/templates/default/memberlist.tpl
+++ b/styles/templates/default/memberlist.tpl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<tr>
 		<td align="right" nowrap="nowrap">
 			<span class="genmed">
-				<input type="text" class="post" name="username" maxlength="25" size="25" tabindex="1" value="{S_USERNAME}" />&nbsp;<input type="submit" name="submituser" value="{L_FIND_USERNAME}" class="mainoption" />
+				<input placeholder="{L_SEARCH_S}" type="text" class="post" name="username" maxlength="25" size="25" tabindex="1" value="{S_USERNAME}" />&nbsp;<input type="submit" name="submituser" value="{L_FIND_USERNAME}" class="mainoption" />
 			</span>
 		</td>
 	</tr>
diff --git a/styles/templates/default/search.tpl b/styles/templates/default/search.tpl
index 54780bbb8..9411ab7e6 100644
--- a/styles/templates/default/search.tpl
+++ b/styles/templates/default/search.tpl
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		<legend>{L_SEARCH_AUTHOR}</legend>
 		<div>
 			<p class="input">
-				<input style="width: 50%" id="author" type="text" class="post" name="{POSTER_NAME_KEY}" />&nbsp;
+				<input placeholder="{L_SEARCH_S}" style="width: 50%" id="author" type="text" class="post" name="{POSTER_NAME_KEY}" />&nbsp;
 				<input style="width: 40%" type="button" value="{L_FIND_USERNAME}" onclick="window.open('{U_SEARCH_USER}', '_bbsearch', IWP_US); return false;" />
 			</p>
 			<p class="chbox med">
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 <tr>
 	<td class="row1 pad_12">
 		<p>
-			<input type="text" name="search_username" value="{USERNAME}" class="post" />&nbsp;
+			<input placeholder="{L_SEARCH_S}" type="text" name="search_username" value="{USERNAME}" class="post" />&nbsp;
 			<input type="submit" name="search" value="{L_SEARCH}" class="liteoption" />
 		</p>
 		<p class="small">{L_SEARCH_AUTHOR_EXPL}</p>