diff --git a/view/kernelcache/ui/kctriage.cpp b/view/kernelcache/ui/kctriage.cpp
index da2f2270c7..8eb203d258 100644
--- a/view/kernelcache/ui/kctriage.cpp
+++ b/view/kernelcache/ui/kctriage.cpp
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ QWidget* KCTriageView::initImageTable()
 	} // refreshDataButton
 
 	auto loadImageFilterEdit = new FilterEdit(m_imageTable);
+	loadImageFilterEdit->setPlaceholderText("Filter images");
 	connect(loadImageFilterEdit, &FilterEdit::textChanged, [this](const QString& filter) {
 		m_imageTable->setFilter(filter.toStdString());
 	});
@@ -316,6 +317,7 @@ void KCTriageView::initSymbolTable()
 	m_symbolTable->setItemDelegateForColumn(0, new AddressColorDelegate(m_symbolTable));
 
 	auto symbolFilterEdit = new FilterEdit(m_symbolTable);
+	symbolFilterEdit->setPlaceholderText("Filter symbols");
 	connect(symbolFilterEdit, &FilterEdit::textChanged, [this](const QString& filter) {
 		m_symbolTable->setFilter(filter.toStdString());
 	});
diff --git a/view/sharedcache/ui/dsctriage.cpp b/view/sharedcache/ui/dsctriage.cpp
index fc0e3a5a8f..081ef25e5a 100644
--- a/view/sharedcache/ui/dsctriage.cpp
+++ b/view/sharedcache/ui/dsctriage.cpp
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ QWidget* DSCTriageView::initImageTable()
 	} // refreshDataButton
 
 	auto loadImageFilterEdit = new FilterEdit(m_imageTable);
+	loadImageFilterEdit->setPlaceholderText("Filter images");
 	connect(loadImageFilterEdit, &FilterEdit::textChanged, [this](const QString& filter) {
 		m_imageTable->setFilter(filter.toStdString());
 	});
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ void DSCTriageView::initSymbolTable()
 	m_symbolTable->setItemDelegateForColumn(0, new AddressColorDelegate(m_symbolTable));
 
 	auto symbolFilterEdit = new FilterEdit(m_symbolTable);
+	symbolFilterEdit->setPlaceholderText("Filter symbols");
 	connect(symbolFilterEdit, &FilterEdit::textChanged, [this](const QString& filter) {
 		m_symbolTable->setFilter(filter.toStdString());
 	});
@@ -448,6 +450,7 @@ void DSCTriageView::initCacheInfoTables()
 
 	auto mappingLabel = new QLabel("Mappings");
 	auto mappingFilterEdit = new FilterEdit(m_mappingTable);
+	mappingFilterEdit->setPlaceholderText("Filter mappings");
 	connect(mappingFilterEdit, &FilterEdit::textChanged, [this](const QString& filter) {
 		m_mappingTable->setFilter(filter.toStdString());
 	});
@@ -460,6 +463,7 @@ void DSCTriageView::initCacheInfoTables()
 
 	auto regionLabel = new QLabel("Regions");
 	auto regionFilterEdit = new FilterEdit(regionTable);
+	regionFilterEdit->setPlaceholderText("Filter regions");
 	connect(regionFilterEdit, &FilterEdit::textChanged, [regionTable](const QString& filter) {
 		regionTable->setFilter(filter.toStdString());
 	});