diff --git a/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_coverage.html.erb b/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_coverage.html.erb
index 0a95c799e92b045c2c93440db22cf61593c998c2..84e9897e5d2964f4fb59680f4110e91869731fb3 100644
--- a/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_coverage.html.erb
+++ b/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_coverage.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <% service = CoverageService.new %>
 <%= f.input :coverage, as: :select,
+            prompt: 'Choose Coverage',
             collection: service.select_all_options,
-            include_blank: true,
             item_helper: service.method(:include_current_value),
             input_html: { class: 'form-control' }
 %>
diff --git a/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_crc_resource_type.html.erb b/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_crc_resource_type.html.erb
index 40848b2ab82f71a3acd1dd8780e4c2e441fb0e94..12bfc80661c5dcb2f6f738c7b44149d6e4ea5f48 100644
--- a/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_crc_resource_type.html.erb
+++ b/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_crc_resource_type.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <% service = CrcResourceTypeService.new %>
 <%= f.input :crc_resource_type, as: :select,
+            prompt: 'Choose CRC Resource Type',
             collection: service.select_all_options,
-            include_blank: true,
             item_helper: service.method(:include_current_value),
             input_html: { class: 'form-control' }
 %>
diff --git a/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_modality.html.erb b/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_modality.html.erb
index 011408fcb4bf1a7e74f9180cc1762ec417ed1391..8b02599dc9a2033d57dab6ff53d620eb94b31b5b 100644
--- a/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_modality.html.erb
+++ b/hyrax/app/views/records/edit_fields/_modality.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <% service = ModalityService.new %>
 <%= f.input :modality, as: :select,
             collection: service.select_active_options,
-            include_blank: true,
+            include_blank: "Choose one or more...",
             item_helper: service.method(:include_current_value),
             input_html: { class: 'form-control', multiple: true }
 %>