diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimoptions.ui b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimoptions.ui
index b19a21a5ff7..f1988ad3bd5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimoptions.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimoptions.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>580</width>
-    <height>479</height>
+    <height>474</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
@@ -137,13 +137,6 @@
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
-        <item row="7" column="1">
-         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxReadVimRc">
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Read .vimrc</string>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
       <item>
@@ -248,9 +241,9 @@
       <item>
        <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
         <property name="fieldGrowthPolicy">
-         <enum>QFormLayout::AllNonFixedFieldsGrow</enum>
+         <enum>QFormLayout::ExpandingFieldsGrow</enum>
         </property>
-        <item row="1" column="0">
+        <item row="0" column="0">
          <widget class="QLabel" name="labelBackspace">
           <property name="text">
            <string>Backspace:</string>
@@ -260,10 +253,10 @@
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
-        <item row="1" column="1">
+        <item row="0" column="1">
          <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditBackspace"/>
         </item>
-        <item row="2" column="0">
+        <item row="1" column="0">
          <widget class="QLabel" name="labelIsKeyword">
           <property name="text">
            <string>Keyword characters:</string>
@@ -273,26 +266,26 @@
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
-        <item row="2" column="1">
+        <item row="1" column="1">
          <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditIsKeyword"/>
         </item>
-        <item row="3" column="0">
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelVimRcPath">
+        <item row="2" column="0">
+         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxReadVimRc">
           <property name="text">
-           <string>Location of .vimrc:</string>
-          </property>
-          <property name="buddy">
-           <cstring>lineEditVimRcPath</cstring>
+           <string>Read .vimrc, from location:</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
-        <item row="3" column="1">
-         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayoutVimRcPath">
+        <item row="2" column="1">
+         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
           <item>
            <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditVimRcPath">
             <property name="toolTip">
              <string>Keep empty to use the default path, i.e. %USERPROFILE%\_vimrc on Windows, ~/.vimrc otherwise.</string>
             </property>
+            <property name="placeholderText">
+             <string/>
+            </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
@@ -379,12 +372,12 @@
   <tabstop>checkBoxWrapScan</tabstop>
   <tabstop>checkBoxShowMarks</tabstop>
   <tabstop>checkBoxPassControlKey</tabstop>
-  <tabstop>checkBoxReadVimRc</tabstop>
   <tabstop>spinBoxShiftWidth</tabstop>
   <tabstop>spinBoxTabStop</tabstop>
   <tabstop>spinBoxScrollOff</tabstop>
   <tabstop>lineEditBackspace</tabstop>
   <tabstop>lineEditIsKeyword</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>checkBoxReadVimRc</tabstop>
   <tabstop>lineEditVimRcPath</tabstop>
   <tabstop>pushButtonVimRcPath</tabstop>
   <tabstop>pushButtonCopyTextEditorSettings</tabstop>
diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimplugin.cpp
index 3d9c30356a8..852f447d0b9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimplugin.cpp
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ QWidget *FakeVimOptionPage::createPage(QWidget *parent)
 {
     QWidget *w = new QWidget(parent);
     m_ui.setupUi(w);
+    m_ui.lineEditVimRcPath->setPlaceholderText(
+                Utils::HostOsInfo::isAnyUnixHost() ? tr("Default: $HOME/.vimrc")
+                                                   : tr("Default: %USERPROFILE%\\_vimrc"));
 
     m_group.clear();
     m_group.insert(theFakeVimSetting(ConfigUseFakeVim),
@@ -417,7 +420,6 @@ void FakeVimOptionPage::openVimRc()
 void FakeVimOptionPage::updateVimRcWidgets()
 {
     bool enabled = m_ui.checkBoxReadVimRc->isChecked();
-    m_ui.labelVimRcPath->setEnabled(enabled);
     m_ui.lineEditVimRcPath->setEnabled(enabled);
     m_ui.pushButtonVimRcPath->setEnabled(enabled);
 }