diff --git a/static/js/research/panel.js b/static/js/research/panel.js
index d515580ad..7aac5435e 100644
--- a/static/js/research/panel.js
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@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ function _buildPanelHTML() {
           <span>Multi-step web research with an LLM-in-the-loop agent</span>
         </p>
         <div id="research-no-past-hint" class="memory-desc doclib-desc" style="display:none;margin-top:-2px;font-size:11px;opacity:0.7;">All past research found in <button type="button" class="research-library-link">Library, Research</button></div>
-        <textarea id="research-query" class="research-query" placeholder="e.g. Trace Odysseus's ten-year journey home from Troy — every island, monster, and detour, and why each one cost him" rows="4"></textarea>
+        <textarea id="research-query" class="research-query" placeholder="e.g. Trace Odysseus's ten-year journey home from Troy — every island, monster, and detour, and what each one cost him." rows="4"></textarea>
         <div class="research-category-row" id="research-category-row">
           <button class="research-cat active" data-cat="" title="LLM auto-detects the best format">Auto</button>
           <button class="research-cat" data-cat="product">Product</button>