diff --git a/index.pug b/index.pug
index 00991e6..3cd3699 100644
--- a/index.pug
+++ b/index.pug
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ html(lang="en-gb")
             .row.top
                 #main.square.left
                     h2 main
-                    textarea#a
+                    textarea#a(placeholder="Paste your main game data here...")
                 #additional.square.left
                     h2 additional
-                    textarea#b
+                    textarea#b(placeholder="Paste additional game data here...")
             .row.middle
                 // todo have some kind of arrow here
                 button#merge.centre mix!