diff --git a/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx b/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx
index 132513c3..fb50f751 100644
--- a/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx
+++ b/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ const AgeView: React.FunctionComponent<CategoryViewProps> = (props) => {
                 copy={props.copy}
                 onChange={props.onChange}
                 tooltip={dataFields.date_source.tooltip}
-                placeholder=""
                 options={dataFields.date_source.items}
+                placeholder={dataFields.date_source.example}
                 />
             <MultiDataEntry
                 title={dataFields.date_link.title}
diff --git a/app/src/frontend/config/data-fields-config.ts b/app/src/frontend/config/data-fields-config.ts
index a77998c1..f808f000 100644
--- a/app/src/frontend/config/data-fields-config.ts
+++ b/app/src/frontend/config/data-fields-config.ts
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ export const dataFields = { /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/camelcase */
             "Other website",
             "Other"
         ],
+        example: "",
     },
     date_source_detail: {
         category: Category.Age,