diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/search-results-type.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/search-results-type.js.es6
index 31a55de99b0..f90de08c1ef 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/search-results-type.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/search-results-type.js.es6
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ export default Ember.CollectionView.extend({
   didInsertElement: function(){
     var term = this.get('controller.term');
     if(!_.isEmpty(term)) {
-      this.$('.blurb').highlight(term.split(/\s+/));
-      this.$('.topic-title').highlight(term.split(/\s+/), {className: 'highlighted'} );
+      this.$('.blurb').highlight(term.split(/\s+/), {className: 'search-highlight'});
+      this.$('.topic-title').highlight(term.split(/\s+/), {className: 'search-highlight'} );
     }
   }
 });
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
index 506cc036c67..cc677bc2d5f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
@@ -339,3 +339,7 @@
 .highlight-strong {
   background-color: dark-light-diff($highlight, $secondary, 40%, -50%);
 }
+
+.search-highlight {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
index 84cc87d47fb..04fb9be7998 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ and (max-width : 570px) {
   color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 45%);
   display: block;
   font-size: 11px;
+  .search-highlight {
+    color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 25%);
+  }
 }
 
 .d-dropdown#search-dropdown {