diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/component/components.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/component/components.ts
index 407b542716..ce80713f35 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/component/components.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/component/components.ts
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ export const components = {
 						accept: '*',
 						convertTo: 'base64'
 					},
-					placeholder: 'Enter URL or upload file'
+					placeholder: 'Enter URL or upload file (base64)'
 				},
 				filename: {
 					type: 'static',
@@ -2727,7 +2727,7 @@ This is a paragraph.
 						accept: 'application/pdf',
 						convertTo: 'base64'
 					},
-					placeholder: 'Enter URL or upload file'
+					placeholder: 'Enter URL or upload file (base64)'
 				},
 				zoom: {
 					fieldType: 'number',