diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/ContainedList/ContainedList.stories.js b/packages/react/src/components/ContainedList/ContainedList.stories.js
index b4fbc73ba171..3864deccced4 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/ContainedList/ContainedList.stories.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/ContainedList/ContainedList.stories.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export const WithExpandableSearch = () => {
       kind="on-page"
       action={
         <ExpandableSearch
-          placeholder="Filterable search"
+          placeholder="Filter"
           value={searchTerm}
           onChange={handleChange}
           closeButtonLabelText="Clear search input"
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ export const WithPersistentSearch = () => {
   return (
     <ContainedList label="List title" kind="on-page" action={''}>
       <Search
-        placeholder="Filterable search"
+        placeholder="Filter"
         value={searchTerm}
         onChange={handleChange}
         closeButtonLabelText="Clear search input"