diff --git a/app/views/projects/_new_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_new_form.html.haml
index d05838ae50df3c5cc6fd51c32c7b0c988c1c2f9f..ba3ccc421cd9a62fce479f4e5a97728b207ca4f9 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_new_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_new_form.html.haml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     = f.label :import_url do
       %span Import existing repo
     .input
-      = f.text_field :import_url, class: 'xlarge'
+      = f.text_field :import_url, class: 'xlarge', placeholder: 'https://github.com/randx/six.git'
       .light
         URL should be clonable