diff --git a/module/gitlab/lang/en.php b/module/gitlab/lang/en.php
index cd21abef36..90ab7493ac 100644
--- a/module/gitlab/lang/en.php
+++ b/module/gitlab/lang/en.php
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ $lang->gitlab->tokenFirst = 'When the Token is not empty, the Token will be used
 $lang->gitlab->tips       = 'When using a password, please disable the "Prevent cross-site request forgery" option in the GitLab global security settings.';
 
 $lang->gitlab->placeholder = new stdclass;
-$lang->gitlab->placeholder->name  = '';
-$lang->gitlab->placeholder->url   = "Please fill in the access address of the GitLab Server homepage, as: https://gitlab.zentao.net.";
-$lang->gitlab->placeholder->token = "Please fill in the access token of an account with admin privileges.";
+$lang->gitlab->placeholder->name        = '';
+$lang->gitlab->placeholder->url         = "Please fill in the access address of the GitLab Server homepage, as: https://gitlab.zentao.net.";
+$lang->gitlab->placeholder->token       = "Please fill in the access token of an account with admin privileges.";
+$lang->gitlab->placeholder->projectPath = "It should contain only letters, digits, underscore, hyphen and period.  It should not start with hypen, or end with .git or .atom.";
 
 $lang->gitlab->noImportableIssues = "There are currently no issues available for import.";
 $lang->gitlab->tokenError         = "The current token is not admin rights.";
diff --git a/module/gitlab/lang/zh-cn.php b/module/gitlab/lang/zh-cn.php
index 20574b05a5..bf65a66160 100644
--- a/module/gitlab/lang/zh-cn.php
+++ b/module/gitlab/lang/zh-cn.php
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ $lang->gitlab->tokenFirst = 'Token不为空时，优先使用Token。';
 $lang->gitlab->tips       = '使用密码时，请在GitLab全局安全设置中禁用"防止跨站点请求伪造"选项。';
 
 $lang->gitlab->placeholder = new stdclass;
-$lang->gitlab->placeholder->name  = '';
-$lang->gitlab->placeholder->url   = "请填写Gitlab Server首页的访问地址，如：https://gitlab.zentao.net。";
-$lang->gitlab->placeholder->token = "请填写具有admin权限账户的access token";
+$lang->gitlab->placeholder->name        = '';
+$lang->gitlab->placeholder->url         = "请填写Gitlab Server首页的访问地址，如：https://gitlab.zentao.net。";
+$lang->gitlab->placeholder->token       = "请填写具有admin权限账户的access token";
+$lang->gitlab->placeholder->projectPath = "项目标识串只能包含字母、数字、“_”、“-”和“.”。不能以“-”开头，以.git或者.atom结尾";
 
 $lang->gitlab->noImportableIssues = "目前没有可供导入的issue。";
 $lang->gitlab->tokenError         = "当前token非管理员权限。";
diff --git a/module/gitlab/view/createproject.html.php b/module/gitlab/view/createproject.html.php
index e2cb2a541a..34641ae86b 100644
--- a/module/gitlab/view/createproject.html.php
+++ b/module/gitlab/view/createproject.html.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
           </tr>
           <tr>
             <th><?php echo $lang->gitlab->project->path;?></th>
-            <td class='required'><?php echo html::input('path', '', "class='form-control' placeholder='{$lang->gitlab->project->path}'");?></td>
+            <td class='required'><?php echo html::input('path', '', "class='form-control' placeholder='{$lang->gitlab->placeholder->projectPath}'");?></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
             <th><?php echo $lang->gitlab->project->description;?></th>