diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/github/quarck/calnotify/ui/EventListAdapter.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/github/quarck/calnotify/ui/EventListAdapter.kt
index e036e6fb..334b539e 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/github/quarck/calnotify/ui/EventListAdapter.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/github/quarck/calnotify/ui/EventListAdapter.kt
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ class EventListAdapter(
         return ViewHolder(view);
     }
 
+    fun getAllItemCount(): Int = allEvents.size
+
     override fun getItemCount(): Int = events.size
 
     val hasActiveEvents: Boolean
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/github/quarck/calnotify/ui/MainActivity.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/github/quarck/calnotify/ui/MainActivity.kt
index 75b169f5..b1b77abc 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/github/quarck/calnotify/ui/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/github/quarck/calnotify/ui/MainActivity.kt
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), EventListCallback {
         var searchView = searchMenuItem.actionView as SearchView
         val manager = getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE) as SearchManager
 
+        searchView.queryHint = resources.getQuantityString(R.plurals.search_placeholder, adapter.getAllItemCount(), adapter.getAllItemCount())
         searchView.setSearchableInfo(manager.getSearchableInfo(componentName))
 
         searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(object : SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index ae37c7d4..c6ddac4a 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@
     <string name="snooze_all">Snooze All</string>
     <string name="change_all">Change All</string>
     <string name="search">Search</string>
+    <plurals name="search_placeholder">
+      <item quantity="one">Search %d event...</item>
+      <item quantity="other">Search %d events...</item>
+    </plurals>
 
     <string name="snooze_all_confirmation">Snooze ALL events?\nAlready snoozed would also change snooze time unless snoozed to longer period</string>
     <string name="change_all_notification">This will change snooze time for all events\nContinue?</string>