diff --git a/ui/src/components/ChatInterface.tsx b/ui/src/components/ChatInterface.tsx
index 501a0f05cd24e7022180509c74112ea2e52b3ac0..bad79ffe8a1a216d31b059e75a6ce27fe755b570 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/ChatInterface.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/ChatInterface.tsx
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ function ChatInterface({
           ) : (
             // Active conversation - show Ready + context bar
             <div className="status-bar-active">
-              <span className="status-message status-ready">Ready</span>
+              <span className="status-message status-ready">Ready on {hostname}</span>
               <ContextUsageBar
                 contextWindowSize={contextWindowSize}
                 maxContextTokens={
diff --git a/ui/src/components/MessageInput.tsx b/ui/src/components/MessageInput.tsx
index 41209d9ea7e9cf163c5b87dc5fe9783c4fed663f..fc3e545e0bf50ff43eeeb2950e04531cd6f463a7 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/MessageInput.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/MessageInput.tsx
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ function MessageInput({
               requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(onFocus));
             }
           }}
-          placeholder="Type your message..."
+          placeholder="Message, paste image, or attach file..."
           className="message-textarea"
           disabled={isDisabled}
           rows={1}