diff --git a/packages/compass-aggregations/src/components/pipeline-toolbar/pipeline-ai.tsx b/packages/compass-aggregations/src/components/pipeline-toolbar/pipeline-ai.tsx
index 26ce182c7f6..1b7deca1c15 100644
--- a/packages/compass-aggregations/src/components/pipeline-toolbar/pipeline-ai.tsx
+++ b/packages/compass-aggregations/src/components/pipeline-toolbar/pipeline-ai.tsx
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export const PipelineAI: React.FunctionComponent<PipelineAIProps> = ({
       onResetIsAggregationGeneratedFromQuery={
         onResetIsAggregationGeneratedFromQuery
       }
-      placeholder="Tell Compass what aggregation to build (e.g. how many movies were made each year)"
+      placeholder="Tell us what aggregation to build (e.g. count movies made each year) or paste one in another language (SQL, Java, etc.)"
       onSubmitFeedback={enableTelemetry ? onSubmitFeedback : undefined}
     />
   );
diff --git a/packages/compass-generative-ai/src/components/generative-ai-input.tsx b/packages/compass-generative-ai/src/components/generative-ai-input.tsx
index e968dfebaaf..096cf292c0d 100644
--- a/packages/compass-generative-ai/src/components/generative-ai-input.tsx
+++ b/packages/compass-generative-ai/src/components/generative-ai-input.tsx
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ function GenerativeAIInput({
   errorMessage,
   errorCode,
   isFetching,
-  placeholder = 'Tell Compass what documents to find (e.g. which movies were released in 2000)',
+  placeholder = 'Tell us what to find (e.g. movies from 2000) or paste a query in another language (SQL, Java, etc.)',
   show,
   onCancelRequest,
   onClose,