diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/alerts_search_bar.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/alerts_search_bar.tsx
index b2d44f9a598dd..01cdfccbd05e5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/alerts_search_bar.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/alerts_search_bar.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function AlertsSearchBar({
     <SearchBar
       indexPatterns={dynamicIndexPattern}
       placeholder={i18n.translate('xpack.observability.alerts.searchBarPlaceholder', {
-        defaultMessage: '"domain": "ecommerce" AND ("service.name": "ProductCatalogService" …)',
+        defaultMessage: 'kibana.alert.evaluation.threshold > 75',
       })}
       query={{ query: query ?? '', language: queryLanguage }}
       timeHistory={timeHistory}