diff --git a/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/use.tsx b/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/use.tsx
index 8535767c..64ba958c 100644
--- a/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/use.tsx
+++ b/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/use.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const UseView: React.FunctionComponent<CategoryViewProps> = (props) => {
                   copy={props.copy}
                   onChange={props.onChange}
                   tooltip={dataFields.current_landuse_source.tooltip}
-                  placeholder=""
+                  placeholder={dataFields.date_source.example}
                   options={dataFields.current_landuse_source.items}
                   />
           </Fragment>
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ const UseView: React.FunctionComponent<CategoryViewProps> = (props) => {
                 copy={props.copy}
                 onChange={props.onChange}
                 tooltip={dataFields.current_landuse_source.tooltip}
-                placeholder=""
+                placeholder={dataFields.date_source.example}
                 options={dataFields.current_landuse_source.items}
                 />
             <MultiDataEntry
diff --git a/app/src/frontend/config/data-fields-config.ts b/app/src/frontend/config/data-fields-config.ts
index f808f000..7c7c8ee9 100644
--- a/app/src/frontend/config/data-fields-config.ts
+++ b/app/src/frontend/config/data-fields-config.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ export const dataFields = { /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/camelcase */
             "Open address dataset",
             "Other"
         ],
+        example: "",
     },
     current_landuse_source_detail: {
         category: Category.LandUse,