diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_creation/components/configuration_step/configuration_step_form.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_creation/components/configuration_step/configuration_step_form.tsx
index 9b68b03853990..cc01a8c3f9405 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_creation/components/configuration_step/configuration_step_form.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/data_frame_analytics/pages/analytics_creation/components/configuration_step/configuration_step_form.tsx
@@ -598,12 +598,22 @@ export const ConfigurationStepForm: FC<ConfigurationStepProps> = ({
                   defaultMessage: 'Enter field to be used as dependent variable.',
                 }
               )}
-              placeholder={i18n.translate(
-                'xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.dependentVariablePlaceholder',
-                {
-                  defaultMessage: 'dependent variable',
-                }
-              )}
+              placeholder={
+                jobType === ANALYSIS_CONFIG_TYPE.REGRESSION
+                  ? i18n.translate(
+                      'xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.dependentVariableRegressionPlaceholder',
+                      {
+                        defaultMessage: 'Select the numeric field that you want to predict.',
+                      }
+                    )
+                  : i18n.translate(
+                      'xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.dependentVariableClassificationPlaceholder',
+                      {
+                        defaultMessage:
+                          'Select the numeric, categorical, or boolean field that you want to predict.',
+                      }
+                    )
+              }
               isDisabled={isJobCreated}
               isLoading={loadingDepVarOptions}
               singleSelection={true}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
index 2fa3ba1c8b37c..1971a115a36cc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
@@ -14037,7 +14037,6 @@
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.dependentVariableMaxDistictValuesError": "無効です。 {message}",
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.dependentVariableOptionsFetchError": "フィールドの取得中にエラーが発生しました。ページを更新して再起動してください。",
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.dependentVariableOptionsNoNumericalFields": "このインデックスパターンの数値型フィールドが見つかりませんでした。",
-    "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.dependentVariablePlaceholder": "従属変数",
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.destinationIndexHelpText": "この名前のインデックスがすでに存在します。この分析ジョブを実行すると、デスティネーションインデックスが変更されます。",
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.destinationIndexInputAriaLabel": "固有の宛先インデックス名を選択してください。",
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.destinationIndexInvalidError": "無効なデスティネーションインデックス名。",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
index 4d7dd246edcda..f4c271da3205d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -14219,7 +14219,6 @@
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.dependentVariableMaxDistictValuesError": "无效。{message}",
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.dependentVariableOptionsFetchError": "获取字段时出现问题。请刷新页面并重试。",
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.dependentVariableOptionsNoNumericalFields": "没有为此索引模式找到任何数值类型字段。",
-    "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.dependentVariablePlaceholder": "因变量",
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.destinationIndexHelpText": "已存在具有此名称的索引。请注意，运行此分析作业将会修改此目标索引。",
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.destinationIndexInputAriaLabel": "选择唯一目标索引名称。",
     "xpack.ml.dataframe.analytics.create.destinationIndexInvalidError": "目标索引名称无效。",