diff --git a/app/components/add-contributor/template.hbs b/app/components/add-contributor/template.hbs
index 4885873..58d48bb 100644
--- a/app/components/add-contributor/template.hbs
+++ b/app/components/add-contributor/template.hbs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <p>
     {{input name="realname"
             type="text"
-            placeholder="Carl Sagan"
+            placeholder="GitHub username"
             value=realName
             class=(if isValidRealName 'valid' '')}}
   </p>