diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/i18n/en_US.csv b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/i18n/en_US.csv
index f746d454a159c..6db1fd74734d6 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/i18n/en_US.csv
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/i18n/en_US.csv
@@ -176,5 +176,5 @@ Payment,Payment
 "Not yet calculated","Not yet calculated"
 "We received your order!","We received your order!"
 "Thank you for your purchase!","Thank you for your purchase!"
-"optional", "optional"
+"Password", "Password"
 "Something went wrong while saving the page. Please refresh the page and try again.","Something went wrong while saving the page. Please refresh the page and try again."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/web/template/form/element/email.html b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/web/template/form/element/email.html
index 0dee6cb0708e6..bb68e24835b67 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/web/template/form/element/email.html
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/web/template/form/element/email.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
                     <input class="input-text"
                            data-bind="
                                 attr: {
-                                    placeholder: $t('optional'),
+                                    placeholder: $t('Password'),
                                 }"
                            type="password"
                            name="password"