diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQuery.java
index 0eca197a6..8a70d7318 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQuery.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,19 +15,16 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
 
-import org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.SearchHitSupport;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.SearchHits;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.DateTimeConverters;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.IndexCoordinates;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.StringQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.StringQueryUtil;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ParametersParameterAccessor;
 import org.springframework.data.util.StreamUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
  * ElasticsearchStringQuery
@@ -69,7 +66,12 @@ public class ElasticsearchStringQuery extends AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQue
 		if (queryMethod.isPageQuery()) {
 			stringQuery.setPageable(accessor.getPageable());
 			SearchHits<?> searchHits = elasticsearchOperations.search(stringQuery, clazz, index);
-			result = SearchHitSupport.page(searchHits, stringQuery.getPageable());
+			if (queryMethod.isSearchPageMethod()) {
+				result = SearchHitSupport.searchPageFor(searchHits, stringQuery.getPageable());
+			} else {
+				result = SearchHitSupport
+						.unwrapSearchHits(SearchHitSupport.searchPageFor(searchHits, stringQuery.getPageable()));
+			}
 		} else if (queryMethod.isStreamQuery()) {
 			if (accessor.getPageable().isUnpaged()) {
 				stringQuery.setPageable(PageRequest.of(0, DEFAULT_STREAM_BATCH_SIZE));
@@ -86,7 +88,9 @@ public class ElasticsearchStringQuery extends AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQue
 			result = elasticsearchOperations.searchOne(stringQuery, clazz, index);
 		}
 
-		return queryMethod.isNotSearchHitMethod() ? SearchHitSupport.unwrapSearchHits(result) : result;
+		return (queryMethod.isNotSearchHitMethod() && !queryMethod.isSearchPageMethod())
+				? SearchHitSupport.unwrapSearchHits(result)
+				: result;
 	}
 
 	protected StringQuery createQuery(ParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/custommethod/CustomMethodRepositoryBaseTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/custommethod/CustomMethodRepositoryBaseTests.java
index 780626d78..0b89c3634 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/custommethod/CustomMethodRepositoryBaseTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/custommethod/CustomMethodRepositoryBaseTests.java
@@ -1570,6 +1570,22 @@ public abstract class CustomMethodRepositoryBaseTests {
 		assertThat((nextPageable.getPageNumber())).isEqualTo(1);
 	}
 
+	@Test // #1811
+	void shouldReturnSearchPageWithQuery() {
+		List<SampleEntity> entities = createSampleEntities("abc", 20);
+		repository.saveAll(entities);
+
+		SearchPage<SampleEntity> searchPage = repository.searchWithQueryByMessage("Message", PageRequest.of(0, 10));
+
+		assertThat(searchPage).isNotNull();
+		SearchHits<SampleEntity> searchHits = searchPage.getSearchHits();
+		assertThat(searchHits).isNotNull();
+		assertThat((searchHits.getTotalHits())).isEqualTo(20);
+		assertThat(searchHits.getSearchHits()).hasSize(10);
+		Pageable nextPageable = searchPage.nextPageable();
+		assertThat((nextPageable.getPageNumber())).isEqualTo(1);
+	}
+
 	private List<SampleEntity> createSampleEntities(String type, int numberOfEntities) {
 
 		List<SampleEntity> entities = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -1746,6 +1762,9 @@ public abstract class CustomMethodRepositoryBaseTests {
 		SearchHits<SampleEntity> searchBy(Sort sort);
 
 		SearchPage<SampleEntity> searchByMessage(String message, Pageable pageable);
+
+		@Query("{\"match\": {\"message\": \"?0\"}}")
+		SearchPage<SampleEntity> searchWithQueryByMessage(String message, Pageable pageable);
 	}
 
 	/**