diff --git a/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb b/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
index a801d3b10aadcbbc667643bfc2fbfef5e0d9534c..eb3f72a307d5bd0ace12af2dbceae43ef37a9bc3 100644
--- a/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ module GitlabMarkdownHelper
 
   # Returns a random markdown tip for use as a textarea placeholder
   def random_markdown_tip
-    "Tip: #{MARKDOWN_TIPS.sample}"
+    MARKDOWN_TIPS.sample
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_zen.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_zen.html.haml
index a4e41eeb36370a9caab7aa949a2bebfe144bf757..6a41cdbc907a433e216494e1910a4a7c9e897201 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_zen.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_zen.html.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   %input#zen-toggle-comment.zen-toggle-comment{ tabindex: '-1', type: 'checkbox' }
   .zen-backdrop
     - classes << ' js-gfm-input markdown-area'
-    = f.text_area attr, class: classes, placeholder: random_markdown_tip
+    = f.text_area attr, class: classes, placeholder: ''
     = link_to nil, class: 'zen-enter-link', tabindex: '-1' do
       %i.fa.fa-expand
       Edit in fullscreen
diff --git a/app/views/projects/notes/_edit_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/notes/_edit_form.html.haml
index a663950f031f3942cb83c0caf0a46946c6dbbc0f..7472b33bb532075ff660d7d7efd5e25d266e1c48 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/notes/_edit_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/notes/_edit_form.html.haml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
       = render 'projects/zen', f: f, attr: :note, classes: 'note_text js-note-text js-task-list-field'
 
       .comment-hints.clearfix
-        .pull-left Comments are parsed with #{link_to 'GitLab Flavored Markdown', help_page_path('markdown', 'markdown'),{ target: '_blank', tabindex: -1 }}
-        .pull-right Attach files by dragging &amp; dropping or #{link_to 'selecting them', '#', class: 'markdown-selector', tabindex: -1 }.
+        .pull-left #{link_to 'Markdown ', help_page_path('markdown', 'markdown'),{ target: '_blank', tabindex: -1 }}
+        .pull-right #{link_to 'Attach a file', '#', class: 'markdown-selector', tabindex: -1 }
 
     .note-form-actions
       .buttons
diff --git a/app/views/projects/notes/_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/notes/_form.html.haml
index 3fb044d736e7558f9347b63d41817824758fcdb2..64f98741d456333dae736ad29faf1e25ade86c5d 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/notes/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/notes/_form.html.haml
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@
       classes: 'note_text js-note-text'
 
     .comment-hints.clearfix
-      .pull-left Comments are parsed with #{link_to "GitLab Flavored Markdown", help_page_path("markdown", "markdown"),{ target: '_blank', tabindex: -1 }}
-      .pull-right Attach files by dragging &amp; dropping or #{link_to "selecting them", '#', class: 'markdown-selector', tabindex: -1 }.
+      .pull-left
+        = link_to "Markdown ", help_page_path("markdown", "markdown"),{ target: '_blank', tabindex: -1 }
+        tip:
+        = random_markdown_tip
+      .pull-right
+        = link_to '#', class: 'markdown-selector', tabindex: -1 do
+          Attach a file
+          = icon('paperclip')
     .error-alert
 
   .note-form-actions
diff --git a/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb
index 14c8c29d008076fb1105b3b55cce092b57557ad3..a42ccb9b5014bfb6d1bb77e4d2804a979c095e48 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ describe GitlabMarkdownHelper do
   describe 'random_markdown_tip' do
     it 'returns a random Markdown tip' do
       stub_const("#{described_class}::MARKDOWN_TIPS", ['Random tip'])
-      expect(random_markdown_tip).to eq 'Tip: Random tip'
+      expect(random_markdown_tip).to eq 'Random tip'
     end
   end
 end