diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
index a388ef041..d639e3094 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
@@ -1179,12 +1179,12 @@ StScrollBar {
   height: 1px; }
 
 .list-search-result-content {
-  spacing: 12px;
-  padding: 12px; }
+  spacing: 30px; }
 
 .list-search-result-title {
   font-size: 1.5em;
-  color: #e2e2df; }
+  color: #e2e2df;
+  spacing: 12px; }
 
 .list-search-result-description {
   color: #cacac4; }
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
index 4de529843..6a5935538 160000
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4de529843779532db8e5aa76b4e8a74f163e79c5
+Subproject commit 6a5935538568835462fa853f746620967d047bcf
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index 6f9f20132..6d5559a2d 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -1179,12 +1179,12 @@ StScrollBar {
   height: 1px; }
 
 .list-search-result-content {
-  spacing: 12px;
-  padding: 12px; }
+  spacing: 30px; }
 
 .list-search-result-title {
   font-size: 1.5em;
-  color: #e2e2df; }
+  color: #e2e2df;
+  spacing: 12px; }
 
 .list-search-result-description {
   color: #cacac4; }
diff --git a/js/ui/search.js b/js/ui/search.js
index 4d29e59ef..0dd4870ff 100644
--- a/js/ui/search.js
+++ b/js/ui/search.js
@@ -84,33 +84,34 @@ const ListSearchResult = new Lang.Class({
                                          vertical: false });
         this.actor.set_child(content);
 
+        let titleBox = new St.BoxLayout({ style_class: 'list-search-result-title' });
+
+        content.add(titleBox, { x_fill: true,
+                                y_fill: false,
+                                x_align: St.Align.START,
+                                y_align: St.Align.MIDDLE });
+
         // An icon for, or thumbnail of, content
         let icon = this.metaInfo['createIcon'](this.ICON_SIZE);
         if (icon) {
-            content.add(icon);
+            titleBox.add(icon);
         }
 
-        let details = new St.BoxLayout({ vertical: true });
-        content.add(details, { x_fill: true,
-                               y_fill: false,
-                               x_align: St.Align.START,
-                               y_align: St.Align.MIDDLE });
-
-        let title = new St.Label({ style_class: 'list-search-result-title',
-                                   text: this.metaInfo['name'] })
-        details.add(title, { x_fill: false,
-                             y_fill: false,
-                             x_align: St.Align.START,
-                             y_align: St.Align.START });
+        let title = new St.Label({ text: this.metaInfo['name'] });
+        titleBox.add(title, { x_fill: false,
+                              y_fill: false,
+                              x_align: St.Align.START,
+                              y_align: St.Align.MIDDLE });
         this.actor.label_actor = title;
 
         if (this.metaInfo['description']) {
-            let description = new St.Label({ style_class: 'list-search-result-description' });
-            description.clutter_text.set_markup(this.metaInfo['description']);
-            details.add(description, { x_fill: false,
+            let description = new St.Label({ style_class: 'list-search-result-description',
+                                             text: this.metaInfo['description'] });
+
+            content.add(description, { x_fill: false,
                                        y_fill: false,
                                        x_align: St.Align.START,
-                                       y_align: St.Align.END });
+                                       y_align: St.Align.MIDDLE });
         }
     }
 });