diff --git a/hyrax/app/inputs/nested_person_input.rb b/hyrax/app/inputs/nested_person_input.rb
index ee89576c17f4aaef03e7961bfaa6bc5872c20f3c..38ce7a6a09a869039cd699be45e4e887d7bd1ce4 100644
--- a/hyrax/app/inputs/nested_person_input.rb
+++ b/hyrax/app/inputs/nested_person_input.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ protected
 
     out << "  <div class='col-md-9'>"
     out << @builder.text_field(field_name,
-        options.merge(value: field_value, name: field_name, id: field_id, required: false, placeholder: "https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000"))
+        options.merge(value: field_value, name: field_name, id: field_id,
+                      required: false, placeholder: "0000-0000-0000-0000"))
     out << '  </div>'
     out << '</div>' # row