diff --git a/wayback-core/src/main/java/org/archive/wayback/resourceindex/RemoteResourceIndex.java b/wayback-core/src/main/java/org/archive/wayback/resourceindex/RemoteResourceIndex.java
index df584430e5..f1bde2ff6c 100644
--- a/wayback-core/src/main/java/org/archive/wayback/resourceindex/RemoteResourceIndex.java
+++ b/wayback-core/src/main/java/org/archive/wayback/resourceindex/RemoteResourceIndex.java
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ private CaptureSearchResults documentToCaptureSearchResults(
 			throw new ResourceNotInArchiveException("No documents matching" +
 					" filter");
 		}
+		results.setReturnedCount(numAdded);
 		return results;
 	}
 	private UrlSearchResult searchElementToUrlSearchResult(Node e) {