diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py b/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py
index ad54736359..9290503c9d 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ def textbox(element, value, status, render_template, msg=''):
     if status == 'incomplete': # Flag indicating that the problem has been queued, 'msg' is length of queue
         status = 'queued'
         queue_len = msg
-        msg = 'Submitted to grader. (Queue length: %s)' % queue_len
+        msg = 'Submitted to grader.'
 
     # For CodeMirror
     mode = element.get('mode','python')
diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/textbox.html b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/textbox.html
index 647f4fe4e8..19c43482a8 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/textbox.html
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/textbox.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <div style="display:none;" name="${hidden}" inputid="input_${id}" />
   % endif
   <br/>
-  <span class="debug">(${state})</span>
+  <span style="display:none;" class="debug">(${state})</span>
   <br/>
   <span class="message">${msg|n}</span>
   <br/>