diff --git a/addons/website_crm/views/website_crm.xml b/addons/website_crm/views/website_crm.xml
index 836832e668e..a191cf9ea2e 100644
--- a/addons/website_crm/views/website_crm.xml
+++ b/addons/website_crm/views/website_crm.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             <div t-attf-class="form-group #{error and 'phone' in error and 'has-error' or ''}">
                 <label class="col-md-3 col-sm-4 control-label" for="phone">Phone Number</label>
                 <div class="col-md-7 col-sm-8">
-                    <input type="text" class="form-control" name="phone" placeholder="e.g. (+32).81.81.37.00" t-attf-value="#{phone or ''}"/>
+                    <input type="text" class="form-control" name="phone" t-attf-value="#{phone or ''}"/>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div name="email_from_container" t-attf-class="form-group #{error and 'email_from' in error and 'has-error' or ''}">
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_partner_view.xml b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_partner_view.xml
index 06230b17651..c072a81d96b 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_partner_view.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_partner_view.xml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
                         <group>
                             <field name="function" placeholder="e.g. Sales Director"
                                 attrs="{'invisible': [('is_company','=', True)]}"/>
-                            <field name="phone" placeholder="e.g. +32.81.81.37.00"/>
+                            <field name="phone"/>
                             <field name="mobile"/>
                             <field name="fax"/>
                             <field name="user_ids" invisible="1"/>
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users_view.xml b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users_view.xml
index d7abde31018..dbcfbdf2083 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users_view.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_users_view.xml
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@
                             <div attrs="{'invisible': [('id', '>', 0)]}">
                                 <field name="groups_id" readonly="1" widget="many2many_tags" style="display: inline;"/> You will be able to define additional access rights by editing the newly created user under the Settings / Users menu.
                             </div>
-                            <field name="phone" placeholder="e.g. +32.81.81.37.00"/>
-                            <field name="mobile" placeholder="e.g. +32.479.19.28.37"/>
-                            <field name="fax" placeholder="e.g. +32.81.81.37.10"/>
+                            <field name="phone"/>
+                            <field name="mobile"/>
+                            <field name="fax"/>
                         </group>
                     </sheet>
                 </form>