diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/IPublishedContentQuery.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/IPublishedContentQuery.cs
index 72ca5d6ddb..c3a065b9dc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/IPublishedContentQuery.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/IPublishedContentQuery.cs
@@ -35,11 +35,26 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// <summary>
         /// Searches content.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="term">Term to search.</param>
+        /// <param name="culture">Optional culture.</param>
+        /// <param name="indexName">Optional index name.</param>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// <para>When the <paramref name="culture"/> is not specified, all cultures are searched.</para>
+        /// </remarks>
         IEnumerable<PublishedSearchResult> Search(string term, string culture = null, string indexName = null);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Searches content.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="term">Term to search.</param>
+        /// <param name="skip">Numbers of items to skip.</param>
+        /// <param name="take">Numbers of items to return.</param>
+        /// <param name="totalRecords">Total number of matching items.</param>
+        /// <param name="culture">Optional culture.</param>
+        /// <param name="indexName">Optional index name.</param>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// <para>When the <paramref name="culture"/> is not specified, all cultures are searched.</para>
+        /// </remarks>
         IEnumerable<PublishedSearchResult> Search(string term, int skip, int take, out long totalRecords, string culture = null, string indexName = null);
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentQuery.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentQuery.cs
index 79f6e07282..3d8f36ec1a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentQuery.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentQuery.cs
@@ -198,12 +198,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 
             var searcher = umbIndex.GetSearcher();
 
+            // default to max 500 results
+            var count = skip == 0 && take == 0 ? 500 : skip + take;
+
             ISearchResults results;
             if (culture.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
             {
-                results = searcher.Search(term, (skip == 0 && take == 0
-                    ? 500 //default max results
-                    : skip + take));
+                results = searcher.Search(term, count);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -219,10 +220,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                         cultureFields.Add(field);
                 }
 
-                results = qry.And().ManagedQuery(term, cultureFields.ToArray()).Execute((skip == 0 && take == 0
-                    ? 500 //default max results
-                    : skip + take));
-
+                qry = qry.And().ManagedQuery(term, cultureFields.ToArray());
+                results = qry.Execute(count);
             }
 
             totalRecords = results.TotalItemCount;