diff --git a/app/main/forms.py b/app/main/forms.py
index 83c1e5623..82e8f36f7 100644
--- a/app/main/forms.py
+++ b/app/main/forms.py
@@ -364,11 +364,11 @@ class RequestToGoLiveForm(Form):
         validators=[DataRequired(message='Can’t be empty')]
     )
     start_volume = StringField(
-        'How many messages do you expect to send per month to start with? Give an estimate in numbers.',
+        'How many messages do you expect to send to start with?',
         validators=[DataRequired(message='Can’t be empty')]
     )
     peak_volume = StringField(
-        'Will the number of messages a month increase and when will that start? Give an estimate.',
+        'Will the number of messages increase and when will that start?',
         validators=[DataRequired(message='Can’t be empty')]
     )
     upload_or_api = RadioField(
diff --git a/app/templates/views/service-settings/request-to-go-live.html b/app/templates/views/service-settings/request-to-go-live.html
index f850ce144..4fbdfe1f7 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/service-settings/request-to-go-live.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/service-settings/request-to-go-live.html
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
       <form method="post">
         {{ radios(form.channel) }}
         {{ textbox(form.start_date, width='1-1') }}
-        {{ textbox(form.start_volume, width='1-1') }}
-        {{ textbox(form.peak_volume, width='1-1') }}
+        {{ textbox(form.start_volume, width='1-1', hint='For example, ‘1000 a month’.') }}
+        {{ textbox(form.peak_volume, width='1-1', hint='For example, ‘Messages will increase to 20,000 a month in January’.') }}
         {{ radios(form.upload_or_api) }}
 
         <p>