This disclosure provides a prompting method and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a display screen and an exciter, where the exciter is configured to drive the display screen to give off a sound. The method includes: determining a target area, where the target area is an area on the display screen that has a sounding parameter meeting a preset condition when the display screen is driven by the exciter. The method further includes displaying prompt information in the target area, where the prompt information is used to prompt a user that an area in which the prompt information is displayed is the area that has a sounding parameter meeting a preset condition.