diff --git a/date_admin.inc b/date_admin.inc
index b800201..8f6f2a6 100644
--- a/date_admin.inc
+++ b/date_admin.inc
@@ -277,6 +277,15 @@ function _date_field_instance_settings_form($field, $instance) {
     '#weight' => 2.1,
     '#fieldset' => 'default_values',
   );
+  // Display element description instance setting for date popup.
+  if ($widget['type'] == 'date_popup') {
+    $form['show_element_description'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#title' => t('Show date elements description'),
+      '#default_value' => isset($settings['show_element_description']) ? $settings['show_element_description'] : FALSE,
+      '#description' => t('Current date (and time) as placeholder if there is no value set.'),
+    );
+  }

   $form['#element_validate'] = array('date_field_instance_settings_form_validate');

diff --git a/date_popup/date_popup.module b/date_popup/date_popup.module
index a03132e..ddce57f 100644
--- a/date_popup/date_popup.module
+++ b/date_popup/date_popup.module
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ function date_popup_element_process($element, &$form_state, $form) {
     );
   }

+  // Display date element description setting.
+  if (isset($element['#instance'])) {
+    $element['#show_element_description'] = isset($element['#instance']['settings']['show_element_description']) ? $element['#instance']['settings']['show_element_description'] : FALSE;
+  }
+  $element['#show_element_description'] = isset($element['#show_element_description']) ? $element['#show_element_description'] : FALSE;
+
   $element['date'] = date_popup_process_date_part($element);
   $element['time'] = date_popup_process_time_part($element);

@@ -419,15 +425,10 @@ function date_popup_process_date_part(&$element) {
     '#ajax' => !empty($element['#ajax']) ? $element['#ajax'] : FALSE,
   );
   $sub_element['#value'] = $sub_element['#default_value'];
-  // TODO, figure out exactly when we want this description.
-  // In many places it is not desired.
-  $sub_element['#description'] = ' ' . t('E.g., @date', array(
-      '@date' => date_format_date(
-        date_example_date(),
-        'custom',
-        date_popup_date_format($element)
-        ),
-      ));
+  // Display date element description as placeholder.
+  if (!empty($element['#show_element_description'])) {
+    $sub_element['#attributes']['placeholder'] = date_format_date(date_example_date(), 'custom', date_popup_date_format($element));
+  }

   return $sub_element;
 }
@@ -521,16 +522,12 @@ function date_popup_process_time_part(&$element) {

   $sub_element['#value'] = $sub_element['#default_value'];

-  // TODO, figure out exactly when we want this description.
-  // In many places it is not desired.
   $example_date = date_now();
   date_increment_round($example_date, $element['#date_increment']);
-  $sub_element['#description'] = t('E.g., @date', array(
-    '@date' => date_format_date(
-      $example_date,
-      'custom',
-      date_popup_time_format($element)
-    )));
+  // Display date element description as placeholder.
+  if (!empty($element['#show_element_description'])) {
+    $sub_element['#attributes']['placeholder'] = date_format_date(date_example_date(), 'custom', date_popup_time_format($element));
+  }

   return ($sub_element);
 }
diff --git a/date_views/includes/date_views_filter_handler_simple.inc b/date_views/includes/date_views_filter_handler_simple.inc
index 4fa4c40..c54ec58 100644
--- a/date_views/includes/date_views_filter_handler_simple.inc
+++ b/date_views/includes/date_views_filter_handler_simple.inc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class date_views_filter_handler_simple extends views_handler_filter_date {
     $options['default_to_date'] = array('default' => '');
     $options['year_range'] = array('default' => '-3:+3');
     $options['add_delta'] = array('default' => '');
+    $options['expose']['contains']['show_element_description'] = array('default' => 0);
     return $options;
   }

@@ -55,6 +56,22 @@ class date_views_filter_handler_simple extends views_handler_filter_date {
     return $operators;
   }

+  function expose_form(&$form, &$form_state) {
+    parent::expose_form($form, $form_state);
+
+    // Display element description setting for date popup.
+    if ($this->options['form_type'] == 'date_popup') {
+      $form['expose'] += array(
+        'show_element_description' => array(
+          '#type' => 'checkbox',
+          '#title' => t('Show date elements description'),
+          '#default_value' => $this->options['expose']['show_element_description'],
+          '#description' => t('Current date (and time) as placeholder if there is no value set.'),
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Helper function to find a default value.
    */
@@ -413,6 +430,7 @@ class date_views_filter_handler_simple extends views_handler_filter_date {
         '#process' => array($type . '_element_process'),
         '#prefix' => '<div id="' . $id . '-wrapper"><div id="' . $id . '-inside-wrapper">',
         '#suffix' => '</div></div>',
+        '#show_element_description' => $this->options['expose']['show_element_description'],
         '#states' => array(
           'visible' => array(
             ":input.{$prefix}-choose-input-type" => array('value' => 'date'),
@@ -429,6 +447,7 @@ class date_views_filter_handler_simple extends views_handler_filter_date {
             ":input.{$prefix}-choose-input-type" => array('value' => 'relative'),
           ),
         ),
+        '#show_element_description' => TRUE,
       );
       if ($which == 'all') {
         $form[$prefix . '_group']['#pre_render'][] = 'ctools_dependent_pre_render';