diff --git a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
index fff850c1fbb..51b6812cac3 100644
--- a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
@@ -103,4 +103,9 @@ module SearchHelper
     options = exist_opts.merge(options)
     search_path(options)
   end
+
+  # Sanitize html generated after parsing markdown from issue description or comment
+  def search_md_sanitize(html)
+    sanitize(html, tags: %w(a p ul li pre code))
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/search/_global_results.html.haml b/app/views/search/_global_results.html.haml
index 0225491e215..cedb6b249bb 100644
--- a/app/views/search/_global_results.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/search/_global_results.html.haml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
       - if @search_results.empty?
         = render partial: "search/results/empty", locals: { message: "We couldn't find any matching results" }
 
-      %ul.bordered-list
+      %ul.bordered-list.top-list
         = render partial: "search/results/#{@scope.singularize}", collection: @objects
       = paginate @objects, theme: 'gitlab'
diff --git a/app/views/search/_project_results.html.haml b/app/views/search/_project_results.html.haml
index dd63d5d04cb..fc047637b35 100644
--- a/app/views/search/_project_results.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/search/_project_results.html.haml
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@
       - if @search_results.empty?
         = render partial: "search/results/empty", locals: { message: "We couldn't find any matching results" }
 
-      %ul.bordered-list
+      %ul.bordered-list.top-list
         = render partial: "search/results/#{@scope.singularize}", collection: @objects
       = paginate @objects, theme: 'gitlab'
diff --git a/app/views/search/results/_note.html.haml b/app/views/search/results/_note.html.haml
index 97e892bdd4d..6316212bc90 100644
--- a/app/views/search/results/_note.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/search/results/_note.html.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
+- project = note.project
 %li
-  note on issue:
-  = link_to [note.project, note.noteable] do
-    %span ##{note.noteable.iid}
-    %strong.term
-      = truncate note.noteable.title, length: 50
-  %span.light (#{note.project.name_with_namespace})
-  - if note.noteable.closed?
-    %span.label Closed
+  %h5.note-search-caption
+    %i.icon-comment
+    = link_to_member(project, note.author, avatar: false)
+    commented on
+
+    - if note.for_commit?
+      = link_to project do
+        = project.name_with_namespace
+      ·
+      = link_to project_commit_path(project, note.commit_id, anchor: dom_id(note)) do
+        Commit #{note.commit_id[0..8]}
+    - else
+      = link_to project do
+        = project.name_with_namespace
+      ·
+      %span #{note.noteable_type.titleize} ##{note.noteable.iid}
+      ·
+      = link_to [project, note.noteable, anchor: dom_id(note)]  do
+        = note.noteable.title
+
+  .note-search-result
+    .term
+      = preserve do
+        = search_md_sanitize(markdown(note.note, {no_header_anchors: true}))
diff --git a/app/views/search/results/_project.html.haml b/app/views/search/results/_project.html.haml
index abc86c72bef..8c8baab8a5b 100644
--- a/app/views/search/results/_project.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/search/results/_project.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 %li
-  project:
-  = link_to project do
-    %strong.term= project.name_with_namespace
+  %h4
+    = link_to project do
+      %span.term= project.name_with_namespace
   - if project.description.present?
-    –
     %span.light.term= project.description