diff --git a/mercurial/templates/coal/map b/mercurial/templates/coal/map
--- a/mercurial/templates/coal/map
+++ b/mercurial/templates/coal/map
@@ -237,3 +237,6 @@ error = ../paper/error.tmpl
 urlparameter = '{separator}{name}={value|urlescape}'
 hiddenformentry = '<input type="hidden" name="{name}" value="{value|escape}" />'
 breadcrumb = '&gt; <a href="{url|urlescape}">{name|escape}</a> '
+
+searchhint = 'Find changesets by keywords (author, files, the commit message), revision
+  number or hash, or <a href="{url|urlescape}help/revsets">revset expression</a>.'