diff --git a/app/portainer/views/stacks/edit/stack.html b/app/portainer/views/stacks/edit/stack.html
index fe2d402a4..5440a15fb 100644
--- a/app/portainer/views/stacks/edit/stack.html
+++ b/app/portainer/views/stacks/edit/stack.html
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
                   <code-editor
                     read-only="orphaned"
                     identifier="stack-editor"
-                    placeholder="# Define or paste the content of your docker compose file here"
+                    placeholder="Define or paste the content of your docker compose file here"
                     yml="true"
                     on-change="(editorUpdate)"
                     value="stackFileContent"
diff --git a/app/react/components/CodeEditor.module.css b/app/react/components/CodeEditor.module.css
index e797160c7..1f480d3a2 100644
--- a/app/react/components/CodeEditor.module.css
+++ b/app/react/components/CodeEditor.module.css
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@
 }
 
 .root :global(.cm-content[contenteditable='true']) {
-  @apply h-full;
+  min-height: 100%;
 }