1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/packages/gitbook-plugin-search/src/components/Results.js b/packages/gitbook-plugin-search/src/components/Results.js
index 0e44960..ddff87d 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook-plugin-search/src/components/Results.js
+++ b/packages/gitbook-plugin-search/src/components/Results.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ const GitBook = require('gitbook-core');
 const { React } = GitBook;
 const Highlight = require('react-highlighter');
 
+const MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE = 500;
+
 const Result = React.createClass({
     propTypes: {
         result: React.PropTypes.object,
@@ -11,6 +13,11 @@ const Result = React.createClass({
     render() {
         const { result, query } = this.props;
 
+        let summary = result.body.trim();
+        if (summary.length > MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE) {
+            summary = summary.slice(0, MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE).trim() + '...';
+        }
+
         return (
             <div className="Search-ResultContainer">
                 <GitBook.InjectedComponent matching={{ role: 'search:result' }} props={{ result, query }}>
@@ -23,7 +30,7 @@ const Result = React.createClass({
                             matchElement="span"
                             matchClass="Search-MatchSpan"
                             search={query}>
-                                {result.body}
+                                {summary}
                             </Highlight>
                         </p>
                     </div>