diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js.es6
index b7161d00eb9..b09136586c8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js.es6
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 
 ((global) => {
   const dropdownData = [{
-    icon: 'fa-search',
-    hint: 'Keep typing and press Enter',
-    tag: '',
-  },{
     icon: 'fa-pencil',
     hint: 'author:',
     tag: '<author>'
diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_search_bar.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_search_bar.html.haml
index 39af0c2c288..0a5de59cb63 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_search_bar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_search_bar.html.haml
@@ -16,14 +16,21 @@
           = icon('filter')
           %button.clear-search.hidden{ type: 'button' }
             = icon('times')
-          %ul#js-dropdown-hint.dropdown-menu.hint-dropdown{ 'data-dynamic' => true }
-            %li.filter-dropdown-item
-              %button.btn.btn-link
-                %i.fa{ 'class': '{{icon}}'}
-                %span.js-filter-hint
-                  {{hint}}
-                %span.js-filter-tag.dropdown-light-content
-                  {{tag}}
+          #js-dropdown-hint.dropdown-menu.hint-dropdown
+            %ul
+              %li.filter-dropdown-item{ 'data-value': 'none' }
+                %button.btn.btn-link
+                  = icon('search')
+                  %span
+                    Keep typing and press Enter
+            %ul.filter-dropdown{ 'data-dynamic' => true }
+              %li.filter-dropdown-item
+                %button.btn.btn-link
+                  %i.fa{ 'class': '{{icon}}'}
+                  %span.js-filter-hint
+                    {{hint}}
+                  %span.js-filter-tag.dropdown-light-content
+                    {{tag}}
           #js-dropdown-author.dropdown-menu{ 'data-dropdown' => true }
             %ul.filter-dropdown{ 'data-dynamic' => true }
               %li.filter-dropdown-item