diff --git a/plugins/slack/server/api/hooks.ts b/plugins/slack/server/api/hooks.ts
index 977372685b..00a410f40a 100644
--- a/plugins/slack/server/api/hooks.ts
+++ b/plugins/slack/server/api/hooks.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ router.post(
       return;
     }
 
-    const { results, totalCount } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(
+    const { results, total } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(
       user,
       text,
       options
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ router.post(
       teamId: user.teamId,
       source: "slack",
       query: text,
-      results: totalCount,
+      results: total,
     });
 
     // Map search results to the format expected by the Slack API
diff --git a/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.test.ts b/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.test.ts
index c46cedef9a..a414562179 100644
--- a/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.test.ts
+++ b/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.test.ts
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ describe("SearchHelper", () => {
         collectionId: collection.id,
         title: "test number 2",
       });
-      const { totalCount } = await SearchHelper.searchForTeam(team, "test");
-      expect(totalCount).toBe(2);
+      const { total } = await SearchHelper.searchForTeam(team, "test");
+      expect(total).toBe(2);
     });
 
     test("should return the document when searched with their previous titles", async () => {
@@ -136,11 +136,8 @@ describe("SearchHelper", () => {
       });
       document.title = "change";
       await document.save();
-      const { totalCount } = await SearchHelper.searchForTeam(
-        team,
-        "test number"
-      );
-      expect(totalCount).toBe(1);
+      const { total } = await SearchHelper.searchForTeam(team, "test number");
+      expect(total).toBe(1);
     });
 
     test("should not return the document when searched with neither the titles nor the previous titles", async () => {
@@ -155,11 +152,11 @@ describe("SearchHelper", () => {
       });
       document.title = "change";
       await document.save();
-      const { totalCount } = await SearchHelper.searchForTeam(
+      const { total } = await SearchHelper.searchForTeam(
         team,
         "title doesn't exist"
       );
-      expect(totalCount).toBe(0);
+      expect(total).toBe(0);
     });
   });
 
@@ -417,8 +414,8 @@ describe("SearchHelper", () => {
         collectionId: collection.id,
         title: "test number 2",
       });
-      const { totalCount } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(user, "test");
-      expect(totalCount).toBe(2);
+      const { total } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(user, "test");
+      expect(total).toBe(2);
     });
 
     test("should return the document when searched with their previous titles", async () => {
@@ -436,11 +433,8 @@ describe("SearchHelper", () => {
       });
       document.title = "change";
       await document.save();
-      const { totalCount } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(
-        user,
-        "test number"
-      );
-      expect(totalCount).toBe(1);
+      const { total } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(user, "test number");
+      expect(total).toBe(1);
     });
 
     test("should not return the document when searched with neither the titles nor the previous titles", async () => {
@@ -458,11 +452,11 @@ describe("SearchHelper", () => {
       });
       document.title = "change";
       await document.save();
-      const { totalCount } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(
+      const { total } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(
         user,
         "title doesn't exist"
       );
-      expect(totalCount).toBe(0);
+      expect(total).toBe(0);
     });
 
     test("should find exact phrases", async () => {
@@ -480,11 +474,8 @@ describe("SearchHelper", () => {
       });
       document.title = "change";
       await document.save();
-      const { totalCount } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(
-        user,
-        `"test number"`
-      );
-      expect(totalCount).toBe(1);
+      const { total } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(user, `"test number"`);
+      expect(total).toBe(1);
     });
 
     test("should correctly handle removal of trailing spaces", async () => {
@@ -502,8 +493,8 @@ describe("SearchHelper", () => {
       });
       document.title = "change";
       await document.save();
-      const { totalCount } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(user, "env: ");
-      expect(totalCount).toBe(1);
+      const { total } = await SearchHelper.searchForUser(user, "env: ");
+      expect(total).toBe(1);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.ts b/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.ts
index 73bea5f21c..f5453e9468 100644
--- a/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.ts
+++ b/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type SearchResponse = {
     document: Document;
   }[];
   /** The total number of results for the search query without pagination */
-  totalCount: number;
+  total: number;
 };
 
 type SearchOptions = {
@@ -69,12 +69,7 @@ export default class SearchHelper {
     query: string,
     options: SearchOptions = {}
   ): Promise<SearchResponse> {
-    const {
-      snippetMinWords = 20,
-      snippetMaxWords = 30,
-      limit = 15,
-      offset = 0,
-    } = options;
+    const { limit = 15, offset = 0 } = options;
 
     const where = await this.buildWhere(team, query, {
       ...options,
@@ -96,9 +91,8 @@ export default class SearchHelper {
       });
     }
 
-    const queryReplacements = {
+    const replacements = {
       query: this.webSearchQuery(query),
-      headlineOptions: `MaxFragments=1, MinWords=${snippetMinWords}, MaxWords=${snippetMaxWords}`,
     };
 
     const resultsQuery = Document.unscoped().findAll({
@@ -111,7 +105,7 @@ export default class SearchHelper {
           "searchRanking",
         ],
       ],
-      replacements: queryReplacements,
+      replacements,
       where,
       order: [
         ["searchRanking", "DESC"],
@@ -123,7 +117,7 @@ export default class SearchHelper {
 
     const countQuery = Document.unscoped().count({
       // @ts-expect-error Types are incorrect for count
-      replacements: queryReplacements,
+      replacements,
       where,
     }) as any as Promise<number>;
     const [results, count] = await Promise.all([resultsQuery, countQuery]);
@@ -207,18 +201,12 @@ export default class SearchHelper {
     query: string,
     options: SearchOptions = {}
   ): Promise<SearchResponse> {
-    const {
-      snippetMinWords = 20,
-      snippetMaxWords = 30,
-      limit = 15,
-      offset = 0,
-    } = options;
+    const { limit = 15, offset = 0 } = options;
 
     const where = await this.buildWhere(user, query, options);
 
     const queryReplacements = {
       query: this.webSearchQuery(query),
-      headlineOptions: `MaxFragments=1, MinWords=${snippetMinWords}, MaxWords=${snippetMaxWords}`,
     };
 
     const include = [
@@ -232,7 +220,7 @@ export default class SearchHelper {
       },
     ];
 
-    const resultsQuery = Document.unscoped().findAll({
+    const results = (await Document.unscoped().findAll({
       attributes: [
         "id",
         [
@@ -252,7 +240,7 @@ export default class SearchHelper {
       ],
       limit,
       offset,
-    }) as any as Promise<RankedDocument[]>;
+    })) as any as RankedDocument[];
 
     const countQuery = Document.unscoped().count({
       // @ts-expect-error Types are incorrect for count
@@ -261,27 +249,31 @@ export default class SearchHelper {
       replacements: queryReplacements,
       where,
     }) as any as Promise<number>;
-    const [results, count] = await Promise.all([resultsQuery, countQuery]);
 
     // Final query to get associated document data
-    const documents = await Document.scope([
-      "withState",
-      "withDrafts",
-      {
-        method: ["withViews", user.id],
-      },
-      {
-        method: ["withCollectionPermissions", user.id],
-      },
-      {
-        method: ["withMembership", user.id],
-      },
-    ]).findAll({
-      where: {
-        teamId: user.teamId,
-        id: map(results, "id"),
-      },
-    });
+    const [documents, count] = await Promise.all([
+      Document.scope([
+        "withState",
+        "withDrafts",
+        {
+          method: ["withViews", user.id],
+        },
+        {
+          method: ["withCollectionPermissions", user.id],
+        },
+        {
+          method: ["withMembership", user.id],
+        },
+      ]).findAll({
+        where: {
+          teamId: user.teamId,
+          id: map(results, "id"),
+        },
+      }),
+      results.length < limit && offset === 0
+        ? Promise.resolve(results.length)
+        : countQuery,
+    ]);
 
     return this.buildResponse(query, results, documents, count);
   }
@@ -521,7 +513,7 @@ export default class SearchHelper {
           document,
         };
       }),
-      totalCount: count,
+      total: count,
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts b/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
index 47225cd1c8..244dfdf945 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ router.post(
       });
     }
 
-    const { results, totalCount } = response;
+    const { results, total } = response;
     const documents = results.map((result) => result.document);
 
     const data = await Promise.all(
@@ -907,12 +907,12 @@ router.post(
         shareId: share?.id,
         source: ctx.state.auth.type || "app", // we'll consider anything that isn't "api" to be "app"
         query,
-        results: totalCount,
+        results: total,
       });
     }
 
     ctx.body = {
-      pagination: ctx.state.pagination,
+      pagination: { ...ctx.state.pagination, total },
       data,
       policies: user ? presentPolicies(user, documents) : null,
     };