diff --git a/TimelessTemplate.php b/TimelessTemplate.php
index 5ecae6c..9d226a0 100644
--- a/TimelessTemplate.php
+++ b/TimelessTemplate.php
@@ -203,12 +203,17 @@ class TimelessTemplate extends BaseTemplate {
 		?>
 		<div class="mw-portlet" id="p-search">
 			<h3<?php $this->html( 'userlangattributes' ) ?>>
-				<label for="searchInput"><?php $this->msg( 'search' ) ?></label>
+				<label for="searchInput"><?php echo $this->getMsg( 'search' )->parse() ?></label>
 			</h3>
 			<form action="<?php $this->text( 'wgScript' ) ?>" id="searchform">
 				<div id="simpleSearch">
 				<div id="searchInput-container">
-					<?php echo $this->makeSearchInput( array( 'id' => 'searchInput' ) ); ?>
+					<?php
+					echo $this->makeSearchInput( array(
+						'id' => 'searchInput',
+						'placeholder' => $this->getMsg( 'timeless-search-placeholder' )->escaped(),
+					) );
+					?>
 				</div>
 				<?php
 				echo Html::hidden( 'title', $this->get( 'searchtitle' ) );
diff --git a/i18n/en.json b/i18n/en.json
index a6ecf87..a08744c 100644
--- a/i18n/en.json
+++ b/i18n/en.json
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 		"authors": [ "Isarra" ]
 	},
 	"skinname-timeless": "Timeless",
-	"timeless-desc": "A timeless skin designed after the Winter prototype by Brandon Harris."
+	"timeless-desc": "A timeless skin designed after the Winter prototype by Brandon Harris.",
+	"timeless-search-placeholder": "Search approximately {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages"
 }
diff --git a/i18n/qqq.json b/i18n/qqq.json
index f66c97e..250a8ad 100644
--- a/i18n/qqq.json
+++ b/i18n/qqq.json
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 		"authors": [ "..." ]
 	},
 	"skinname-timeless": "{{optional}}",
-	"timeless-desc": "{{desc|what=skin|name=Timeless|url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Timeless}}"
+	"timeless-desc": "{{desc|what=skin|name=Timeless|url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Timeless}}",
+	"timeless-search-placeholder": "Main search input placeholder text"
 }