diff --git a/cmd/project/create.go b/cmd/project/create.go
index 8836a345..ab856cc2 100644
--- a/cmd/project/create.go
+++ b/cmd/project/create.go
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ func runCreateCommand(clients *shared.ClientFactory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []
 	if appNameArg == "" {
 		if clients.IO.IsTTY() {
 			defaultName := generateRandomAppName()
-			cmd.Print(style.Secondary(fmt.Sprintf("  Press Enter to use the generated name: %s", defaultName)), "\n")
-			name, err := clients.IO.InputPrompt(ctx, "Name your app:", iostreams.InputPromptConfig{})
+			name, err := clients.IO.InputPrompt(ctx, "Name your app:", iostreams.InputPromptConfig{
+				Placeholder: defaultName,
+			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/cmd/project/create_test.go b/cmd/project/create_test.go
index 8c1cf493..5951429d 100644
--- a/cmd/project/create_test.go
+++ b/cmd/project/create_test.go
@@ -348,6 +348,38 @@ func TestCreateCommand(t *testing.T) {
 				cm.IO.AssertNotCalled(t, "InputPrompt", mock.Anything, "Name your app:", mock.Anything)
 			},
 		},
+		"name prompt includes placeholder with generated name": {
+			Setup: func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, cm *shared.ClientsMock, cf *shared.ClientFactory) {
+				cm.IO.On("IsTTY").Return(true)
+				cm.IO.On("SelectPrompt", mock.Anything, "Select an app:", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).
+					Return(
+						iostreams.SelectPromptResponse{
+							Prompt: true,
+							Index:  0,
+						},
+						nil,
+					)
+				cm.IO.On("SelectPrompt", mock.Anything, "Select a language:", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).
+					Return(
+						iostreams.SelectPromptResponse{
+							Prompt: true,
+							Index:  0,
+						},
+						nil,
+					)
+				cm.IO.On("InputPrompt", mock.Anything, "Name your app:", mock.Anything).
+					Return("my-app", nil)
+				createClientMock = new(CreateClientMock)
+				createClientMock.On("Create", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return("", nil)
+				CreateFunc = createClientMock.Create
+			},
+			ExpectedAsserts: func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, cm *shared.ClientsMock) {
+				// Verify that InputPrompt was called with a config that has a non-empty Placeholder
+				cm.IO.AssertCalled(t, "InputPrompt", mock.Anything, "Name your app:", mock.MatchedBy(func(cfg iostreams.InputPromptConfig) bool {
+					return cfg.Placeholder != ""
+				}))
+			},
+		},
 		"user accepts default name from prompt": {
 			Setup: func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, cm *shared.ClientsMock, cf *shared.ClientFactory) {
 				cm.IO.On("IsTTY").Return(true)
diff --git a/internal/iostreams/charm.go b/internal/iostreams/charm.go
index d55b336e..0e0f4350 100644
--- a/internal/iostreams/charm.go
+++ b/internal/iostreams/charm.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 func buildInputForm(message string, cfg InputPromptConfig, input *string) *huh.Form {
 	field := huh.NewInput().
 		Title(message).
+		Placeholder(cfg.Placeholder).
 		Value(input)
 	if cfg.Required {
 		field.Validate(huh.ValidateMinLength(1))
diff --git a/internal/iostreams/charm_test.go b/internal/iostreams/charm_test.go
index 1075c8b1..1aef7176 100644
--- a/internal/iostreams/charm_test.go
+++ b/internal/iostreams/charm_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ func TestCharmInput(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(t, view, "Huh")
 	})
 
+	t.Run("renders placeholder text", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var input string
+		f := buildInputForm("Name?", InputPromptConfig{Placeholder: "my-cool-app"}, &input)
+		f.Update(f.Init())
+
+		view := ansi.Strip(f.View())
+		assert.Contains(t, view, "my-cool-app")
+	})
+
 	t.Run("stores typed value", func(t *testing.T) {
 		var input string
 		f := buildInputForm("Name?", InputPromptConfig{}, &input)
diff --git a/internal/iostreams/survey.go b/internal/iostreams/survey.go
index 8e2d95a1..aebd9774 100644
--- a/internal/iostreams/survey.go
+++ b/internal/iostreams/survey.go
@@ -174,12 +174,13 @@ var InputQuestionTemplate = fmt.Sprintf(`
     {{- if and .Help (not .ShowHelp)}}{{ print .Config.HelpInput }} for help {{- if and .Suggest}}, {{end}}{{end -}}
     {{- if and .Suggest }}{{color "cyan"}}{{ print .Config.SuggestInput }} for suggestions{{end -}}
   ]{{color "reset"}} {{end}}
-  {{- if .Default}}{{color "white"}}({{.Default}}) {{color "reset"}}{{end}}
-{{- end}}`, blue())
+  {{- if .Default}}{{color "%s"}}({{.Default}}) {{color "reset"}}{{end}}
+{{- end}}`, blue(), gray())
 
 // InputPromptConfig holds additional config for an Input prompt
 type InputPromptConfig struct {
-	Required bool // Whether the input must be non-empty
+	Required    bool   // Whether the input must be non-empty
+	Placeholder string // Placeholder text shown when input is empty
 }
 
 // GetFlags returns all flags for the Input prompt
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ func (io *IOStreams) InputPrompt(ctx context.Context, message string, cfg InputP
 	var input string
 	err := survey.AskOne(&survey.Input{
 		Message: message,
+		Default: cfg.Placeholder,
 	}, &input, SurveyOptions(cfg)...)
 
 	if err != nil {