diff --git a/frontend/components/TargetsInput/TargetsInput.tsx b/frontend/components/TargetsInput/TargetsInput.tsx
index 301b5fc47d..f2cf48c449 100644
--- a/frontend/components/TargetsInput/TargetsInput.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/TargetsInput/TargetsInput.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const TargetsInput = ({
         tabIndex={tabIndex}
         iconPosition="start"
         label="Target specific hosts"
-        placeholder="Search hosts by hostname, UUID, MAC address"
+        placeholder="Search hosts by hostname, UUID, MAC address, or private IP address"
         onChange={setSearchText}
       />
       {isActiveSearch && (
diff --git a/frontend/components/forms/fields/SelectTargetsDropdown/SelectTargetsInput/SelectTargetsInput.jsx b/frontend/components/forms/fields/SelectTargetsDropdown/SelectTargetsInput/SelectTargetsInput.jsx
index 73e63a1b0d..960f357290 100644
--- a/frontend/components/forms/fields/SelectTargetsDropdown/SelectTargetsInput/SelectTargetsInput.jsx
+++ b/frontend/components/forms/fields/SelectTargetsDropdown/SelectTargetsInput/SelectTargetsInput.jsx
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class SelectTargetsInput extends Component {
         onOpen={onOpen}
         onFocus={onFocus}
         onInputChange={handleInputChange}
-        placeholder="Label name, host name, IP address, etc."
+        placeholder="Label name, host name, private IP address, etc."
         resetValue={[]}
         scrollMenuIntoView={false}
         tabSelectsValue={false}
diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/ManageHostsPage.tsx b/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/ManageHostsPage.tsx
index cdeef70533..80d29d2595 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/ManageHostsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/ManageHostsPage.tsx
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ const ManageHostsPage = ({
         searchable
         renderCount={renderHostCount}
         searchToolTipText={
-          "Search hosts by hostname, UUID, machine serial or IP address"
+          "Search hosts by hostname, UUID, machine serial or private IP address"
         }
         emptyComponent={EmptyHosts}
         customControl={renderStatusDropdown}
diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/About/About.tsx b/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/About/About.tsx
index d39d05afc5..c0660e7bc3 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/About/About.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/About/About.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const About = ({
           <span className="info-grid__data">{aboutData.hardware_serial}</span>
         </div>
         <div className="info-grid__block">
-          <span className="info-grid__header">Internal IP address</span>
+          <span className="info-grid__header">Private IP address</span>
           <span className="info-grid__data">{aboutData.primary_ip}</span>
         </div>
         <div className="info-grid__block">