Public bug reported:

Ubuntu 15.04 r323

0. Remove your Ubuntu One account if you have one set up already.
1. In System Settings, choose “Accounts” > “Ubuntu One”.

What you see: A dialog with an e-mail address field containing placeholder text:
“example: [email protected]”

What you should see: No such placeholder text.

Placeholder text is a bad idea in general, because it’s easily confused with 
actual field contents, because you can’t check it once you’ve entered anything, 
and because it can make the field look disabled.
<https://www.nngroup.com/articles/form-design-placeholders/>
<http://baymard.com/blog/mobile-forms-avoid-inline-labels>

And this placeholder text is particularly bad because it doesn’t tell
anyone anything they don’t already know (nobody will not understand what
an “e-mail address” is, but become enlightened when they see “example:
[email protected]”), and because it’s present only for the e-mail address
field and not the password field, strengthening the impression that it
is actual field contents.

** Affects: ubuntuone-credentials (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  Example e-mail address is pointless

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