diff --git a/tools/lib/capitalization.py b/tools/lib/capitalization.py
index 8da2bfc13e..f1bdc97700 100644
--- a/tools/lib/capitalization.py
+++ b/tools/lib/capitalization.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ IGNORED_PHRASES = [
     r"user@example\.com",
     r"acme",
     # Fragments of larger strings
+    r"is …",
     r"your subscriptions on your Streams page",
     r"Add global time<br />Everyone sees global times in their own time zone\.",
     r"user",
diff --git a/web/src/composebox_typeahead.js b/web/src/composebox_typeahead.js
index 30e18f4355..9b8495b481 100644
--- a/web/src/composebox_typeahead.js
+++ b/web/src/composebox_typeahead.js
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ export const slash_commands = [
         text: $t({defaultMessage: "/me is excited (Display action text)"}),
         name: "me",
         aliases: "",
+        placeholder: $t({defaultMessage: "is …"}),
     },
     {
         text: $t({defaultMessage: "/poll Where should we go to lunch today? (Create a poll)"}),
diff --git a/web/tests/composebox_typeahead.test.js b/web/tests/composebox_typeahead.test.js
index 9831c5df06..503ee90021 100644
--- a/web/tests/composebox_typeahead.test.js
+++ b/web/tests/composebox_typeahead.test.js
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ const me_slash = {
     name: "me",
     aliases: "",
     text: "translated: /me is excited (Display action text)",
+    placeholder: "translated: is …",
 };
 
 const my_slash = {
@@ -576,7 +577,7 @@ test("content_typeahead_selected", ({override}) => {
     fake_this.query = "/m";
     fake_this.completing = "slash";
     actual_value = ct.content_typeahead_selected.call(fake_this, me_slash);
-    expected_value = "/me ";
+    expected_value = "/me translated: is …";
     assert.equal(actual_value, expected_value);
 
     fake_this.query = "/da";