diff --git a/social/irc/91-irc.html b/social/irc/91-irc.html
index 9dc209d3..9586e296 100644
--- a/social/irc/91-irc.html
+++ b/social/irc/91-irc.html
@@ -201,16 +201,16 @@
         <label for="node-config-input-cert" style="width: 70%;"><span data-i18n="irc.label.self"></span></label>
     </div>
     <div class="form-row">
-        <label for="node-config-input-nickname"><i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span data-i18n="irc.label.nickname"></span></label>
+        <label for="node-config-input-nickname"><i class="fa fa-heart"></i> <span data-i18n="irc.label.nickname"></span></label>
         <input type="text" id="node-config-input-nickname">
     </div>
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-config-input-username"><i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span data-i18n="irc.label.username"></span></label>
-        <input type="text" id="node-config-input-username">
+        <input type="text" id="node-config-input-username" data-i18n="[placeholder]irc.placeholder.ifreq">
     </div>
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-config-input-password"><i class="fa fa-lock"></i> <span data-i18n="irc.label.password"></span></label>
-        <input type="text" id="node-config-input-password">
+        <input type="text" id="node-config-input-password" data-i18n="[placeholder]irc.placeholder.ifreq">
     </div>
 </script>
 
diff --git a/social/irc/locales/en-US/91-irc.json b/social/irc/locales/en-US/91-irc.json
index c935f2e2..8fffab73 100644
--- a/social/irc/locales/en-US/91-irc.json
+++ b/social/irc/locales/en-US/91-irc.json
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@
             "ssl": "Use Secure SSL connection?",
             "self": "Allow self-signed certificates?",
             "nickname": "Nickname",
-            "username": "Server username",
-            "password": "Server password"
+            "username": "Username",
+            "password": "Password"
+        },
+        "placeholder": {
+            "ifreq": "if required by server"
         },
         "payload": "Send payload to channel(s)",
         "topic": "Use msg.topic to set nickname or channel(s)",
diff --git a/social/irc/package.json b/social/irc/package.json
index 9e68f73f..b8d02b53 100644
--- a/social/irc/package.json
+++ b/social/irc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-irc",
-    "version"       : "0.0.4",
+    "version"       : "0.0.5",
     "description"   : "A Node-RED node to talk to an IRC server",
     "dependencies"  : {
         "irc"   : "~0.4.0"