diff --git a/ssh/forms.py b/ssh/forms.py
index 962146d0aeca86678a574330fff73de10a660885..6e4e61de33ebc24024db73e7e83ca4d0ee249e66 100644
--- a/ssh/forms.py
+++ b/ssh/forms.py
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 class KeyStringField(forms.CharField):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
-        kwds["widget"] = forms.Textarea
+        kwds["widget"] = forms.Textarea(attrs={
+            'placeholder': "ssh-key-type BASE64ENCODEDKEY hostname"
+        })
         super().__init__(*args, **kwds)
 
     def to_python(self, value):