diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/search.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/search.js
index b3242bf4df923..35be246b5bf2e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/search.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/search.js
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ window.initSearch = function(rawSearchIndex) {
                 var description = document.createElement("div");
                 description.className = "desc";
                 var spanDesc = document.createElement("span");
-                spanDesc.innerText = item.desc + "\u00A0";
+                spanDesc.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", item.desc);
 
                 description.appendChild(spanDesc);
                 wrapper.appendChild(description);
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-gui/search-result-description.goml b/src/test/rustdoc-gui/search-result-description.goml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a50d03cf48912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-gui/search-result-description.goml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// This test is to ensure that the codeblocks are correctly rendered in the search results.
+goto: file://|DOC_PATH|/test_docs/index.html?search=some_more_function
+// Waiting for the search results to appear...
+wait-for: "#titles"
+assert: (".search-results .desc code", "format!")