diff --git a/lib/takeover/icmpsh.py b/lib/takeover/icmpsh.py
index 35cfe9881..da64a7b4e 100644
--- a/lib/takeover/icmpsh.py
+++ b/lib/takeover/icmpsh.py
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ class ICMPsh:
         self._icmpslave = normalizePath(os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_EXTRAS_PATH, "icmpsh", "icmpsh.exe_"))
 
     def _selectRhost(self):
-        message = "what is the back-end DBMS address? [%s] " % self.remoteIP
+        message = "what is the back-end DBMS address? [Enter for '%s' (detected)] " % self.remoteIP
         address = readInput(message, default=self.remoteIP)
 
         return address
 
     def _selectLhost(self):
-        message = "what is the local address? [%s] " % self.localIP
+        message = "what is the local address? [Enter for '%s' (detected)] " % self.localIP
         address = readInput(message, default=self.localIP)
 
         return address
diff --git a/lib/takeover/metasploit.py b/lib/takeover/metasploit.py
index 8befc81ca..10d3a3022 100644
--- a/lib/takeover/metasploit.py
+++ b/lib/takeover/metasploit.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class Metasploit:
 
     def _selectRhost(self):
         if self.connectionStr.startswith("bind"):
-            message = "what is the back-end DBMS address? [%s] " % self.remoteIP
+            message = "what is the back-end DBMS address? [Enter for '%s' (detected)] " % self.remoteIP
             address = readInput(message, default=self.remoteIP)
 
             if not address:
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class Metasploit:
 
     def _selectLhost(self):
         if self.connectionStr.startswith("reverse"):
-            message = "what is the local address? [%s] " % self.localIP
+            message = "what is the local address? [Enter for '%s' (detected)] " % self.localIP
             address = readInput(message, default=self.localIP)
 
             if not address: