diff --git a/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx b/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx
index fb50f751..15ff3c70 100644
--- a/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx
+++ b/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const AgeView: React.FunctionComponent<CategoryViewProps> = (props) => {
                   copy={props.copy}
                   onChange={props.onChange}
                   tooltip={dataFields.date_source.tooltip}
-                  placeholder=""
+                  placeholder={dataFields.date_source.example}
                   options={dataFields.date_source.items}
                   />
           </Fragment>