diff --git a/Web App/web/src/views/Settings.vue b/Web App/web/src/views/Settings.vue
index 3075a56..b8546ac 100644
--- a/Web App/web/src/views/Settings.vue	
+++ b/Web App/web/src/views/Settings.vue	
@@ -336,6 +336,21 @@ async function saveBio() {
   }
 }
 
+// What an inherited field shows when it is empty.
+//
+// A locked field is standing in for a value set above the caller, and the server
+// has already decided which of those may be read: it sends the secrets back as
+// dots and everything else in the clear. So the placeholder is that effective
+// value — the thing the field will actually use — and the example is for the
+// other case, an empty box waiting to be filled in.
+//
+// The example belongs only there. A country field placeholdered "DE" under the
+// words "inherited from your organization" is not a hint, it is a wrong answer
+// to the question the user is asking it: which country am I inheriting?
+function inheritedPlaceholder(field, example = "") {
+  return field.locked ? field.effective || "" : example;
+}
+
 // --- Integrations: Toyota Connected (per-user, cascading settings) ---
 //
 // The server resolves a superadmin → org admin → user cascade and returns, per
@@ -1561,7 +1576,7 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
                   v-model="ankerForm.country"
                   class="dh-input"
                   :disabled="ankerLocked('country')"
-                  placeholder="DE"
+                  :placeholder="inheritedPlaceholder(ankerField('country'), 'DE')"
                   maxlength="2"
                   autocomplete="off"
                 />
@@ -1825,7 +1840,7 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
                   v-model="greencellForm.port"
                   class="dh-input"
                   :disabled="greencellLocked('port')"
-                  placeholder="1883"
+                  :placeholder="inheritedPlaceholder(greencellField('port'), '1883')"
                   inputmode="numeric"
                   autocomplete="off"
                 />
@@ -1878,7 +1893,7 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
                   v-model="greencellForm.serial"
                   class="dh-input"
                   :disabled="greencellLocked('serial')"
-                  placeholder="EVGC021B22752405ZM0018"
+                  :placeholder="inheritedPlaceholder(greencellField('serial'), 'EVGC021B22752405ZM0018')"
                   autocomplete="off"
                 />
                 <p v-if="greencellField('serial').locked" class="mt-1 text-xs text-muted">{{ greencellSourceLabel('serial') }}</p>
@@ -1890,7 +1905,7 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
                   v-model="greencellForm.timeout"
                   class="dh-input"
                   :disabled="greencellLocked('timeout')"
-                  placeholder="12"
+                  :placeholder="inheritedPlaceholder(greencellField('timeout'), '12')"
                   inputmode="numeric"
                   autocomplete="off"
                 />
@@ -1903,7 +1918,7 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
                   v-model="greencellForm.commandTopic"
                   class="dh-input"
                   :disabled="greencellLocked('commandTopic')"
-                  placeholder="/greencell/evse/{sn}/command"
+                  :placeholder="inheritedPlaceholder(greencellField('commandTopic'), '/greencell/evse/{sn}/command')"
                   autocomplete="off"
                 />
                 <p v-if="greencellField('commandTopic').locked" class="mt-1 text-xs text-muted">{{ greencellSourceLabel('commandTopic') }}</p>