diff --git a/client/src/components/DynamicJsonForm.tsx b/client/src/components/DynamicJsonForm.tsx
index 1cfe46c39..2f38da29e 100644
--- a/client/src/components/DynamicJsonForm.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/DynamicJsonForm.tsx
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@ const DynamicJsonForm = forwardRef<DynamicJsonFormRef, DynamicJsonFormProps>(
               debouncedUpdateParent(newValue);
             }}
             error={jsonError}
+            placeholder={schema.description}
           />
         ) : // If schema type is object but value is not an object or is empty, and we have actual JSON data,
         // render a simple representation of the JSON data
diff --git a/client/src/components/JsonEditor.tsx b/client/src/components/JsonEditor.tsx
index 215d66b73..72b1a32c5 100644
--- a/client/src/components/JsonEditor.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/JsonEditor.tsx
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ interface JsonEditorProps {
   value: string;
   onChange: (value: string) => void;
   error?: string;
+  placeholder?: string;
 }
 
 const JsonEditor = ({
   value,
   onChange,
   error: externalError,
+  placeholder,
 }: JsonEditorProps) => {
   const [editorContent, setEditorContent] = useState(value || "");
   const [internalError, setInternalError] = useState<string | undefined>(
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ const JsonEditor = ({
             Prism.highlight(code, Prism.languages.json, "json")
           }
           padding={10}
+          placeholder={placeholder}
           style={{
             fontFamily: '"Fira code", "Fira Mono", monospace',
             fontSize: 14,