diff --git a/templates/settings/profile.html b/templates/settings/profile.html
index 02a1a81..f1088d9 100644
--- a/templates/settings/profile.html
+++ b/templates/settings/profile.html
@@ -28,23 +28,23 @@
     <span class="settings-title inline"><span class="arrows">»</span> Social settings</span>
       
        <label><img class="favicon" src="http://twitter.com/favicon.ico" />Twitter</label>
-      <input name="twitter" value="{{user.attributes.twitter}}" type="text" placeholder="The url to your twitter profile" />
+      <input name="twitter" value="{{user.attributes.twitter}}" type="text" placeholder="Your twitter username" />
 
              <label><img class="favicon" src="http://facebook.com/favicon.ico" />Facebook</label>
-      <input name="facebook" value="{{user.attributes.facebook}}"  type="text" placeholder="The url to your facebook profile" />
+      <input name="facebook" value="{{user.attributes.facebook}}"  type="text" placeholder="Your facebook username or id" />
 
              <label><img class="favicon" src="http://stackoverflow.com/favicon.ico" />Stack Overflow</label>
-      <input name="stackoverflow" value="{{user.attributes.stackoverflow}}"  type="text" placeholder="The url to your stack overflow profile" />
+      <input name="stackoverflow" value="{{user.attributes.stackoverflow}}"  type="text" placeholder="Your stackoverflow numeric id" />
 
              <label><img class="favicon" src="http://linkedin.com/favicon.ico" />Linkedin</label>
-      <input name="linkedin" value="{{user.attributes.linkedin}}"  type="text" placeholder="The url to your linkedin profile" />
+      <input name="linkedin" value="{{user.attributes.linkedin}}"  type="text" placeholder="Your linked in username" />
 
 
              <label><img class="favicon" src="http://github.com/favicon.ico" />Github</label>
-      <input name="github" value="{{user.attributes.github}}"  type="text" placeholder="The url to your github profile" />
+      <input name="github" value="{{user.attributes.github}}"  type="text" placeholder="Your Github username" />
 
              <label><img class="favicon" src="http://plus.google.com/favicon.ico" />Google+</label>
-      <input name="google" value="{{user.attributes.google}}"  type="text" placeholder="The url to your google profile" />
+      <input name="google" value="{{user.attributes.google}}"  type="text" placeholder="Your Google Plus id" />
 
   </div>