diff --git a/cms/templates/settings.html b/cms/templates/settings.html
index 60f1cc0f65..13ae4fa6f3 100644
--- a/cms/templates/settings.html
+++ b/cms/templates/settings.html
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
                 <label for="course-effort">Hours of Effort per Week:</label>
                 <div class="field">
                   <div class="input">
-                    <input type="text" class="short" id="course-effort">
+                    <input type="text" class="short" id="course-effort" placeholder="HH:MM">
                     <span class="tip tip-inline">Time students should spend on all course work</span>
                   </div>
                 </div>
@@ -640,8 +640,9 @@
 
                 <div class="field">
                   <div class="input">
-                    <input type="text" id="course-grading-graceperiod">
-                    <span class="tip tip-stacked">The standard time of day assignments are due by</span>
+                    <input type="text" id="course-grading-duetime" placeholder="HH:MM">
+                    <span class="tip tip-stacked">Boston, MA Local Time (UTC/GMT -5 hours)</span>
+                    <span class="tip tip-stacked"><a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx">Convert to your time zone</a></span>
                   </div>
                 </div>
               </div>