diff --git a/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb b/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
index eb3f72a307d5bd0ace12af2dbceae43ef37a9bc3..a801d3b10aadcbbc667643bfc2fbfef5e0d9534c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ module GitlabMarkdownHelper
 
   # Returns a random markdown tip for use as a textarea placeholder
   def random_markdown_tip
-    MARKDOWN_TIPS.sample
+    "Tip: #{MARKDOWN_TIPS.sample}"
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb
index a42ccb9b5014bfb6d1bb77e4d2804a979c095e48..14c8c29d008076fb1105b3b55cce092b57557ad3 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ describe GitlabMarkdownHelper do
   describe 'random_markdown_tip' do
     it 'returns a random Markdown tip' do
       stub_const("#{described_class}::MARKDOWN_TIPS", ['Random tip'])
-      expect(random_markdown_tip).to eq 'Random tip'
+      expect(random_markdown_tip).to eq 'Tip: Random tip'
     end
   end
 end