diff --git a/antora-ui-camel/src/css/header.css b/antora-ui-camel/src/css/header.css
index ae4fa531972..8b265ec82da 100644
--- a/antora-ui-camel/src/css/header.css
+++ b/antora-ui-camel/src/css/header.css
@@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ html:not([data-scroll='0']) .navbar {
 .result_summary {
   color: var(--color-jet-50);
   padding-top: 0.3rem;
+  display: -webkit-box;
+  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+  -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
+  overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 #search_results div.footer-search {
diff --git a/antora-ui-camel/src/js/vendor/algoliasearch.bundle.js b/antora-ui-camel/src/js/vendor/algoliasearch.bundle.js
index eb436617b41..a4b692ab8df 100644
--- a/antora-ui-camel/src/js/vendor/algoliasearch.bundle.js
+++ b/antora-ui-camel/src/js/vendor/algoliasearch.bundle.js
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
   const algoliasearch = require('algoliasearch/lite')
 
+  const MAX_SNIPPET_LENGTH = 200
+  const RESULTS_LIMIT = 10
+
   // Sub-projects to exclude from main search - users can browse these directly
   const EXCLUDED_SUBPROJECTS = [
     '/camel-k/',
@@ -21,6 +24,60 @@
     })
   }
 
+  function truncateHighlightedHtml (html, maxChars) {
+    if (!html || maxChars <= 0) return ''
+
+    const template = document.createElement('template')
+    template.innerHTML = html
+
+    let remaining = maxChars
+    let truncated = false
+
+    const TEXT_NODE = 3
+    const ELEMENT_NODE = 1
+
+    function cloneUntilLimit (node) {
+      if (remaining <= 0) return null
+
+      if (node.nodeType === TEXT_NODE) {
+        const text = node.nodeValue || ''
+        if (text.length <= remaining) {
+          remaining -= text.length
+          return document.createTextNode(text)
+        }
+        truncated = true
+        const slice = text.slice(0, remaining)
+        remaining = 0
+        return document.createTextNode(slice)
+      }
+
+      if (node.nodeType === ELEMENT_NODE) {
+        const el = node
+        const cloned = el.cloneNode(false)
+        for (const child of Array.from(el.childNodes)) {
+          if (remaining <= 0) break
+          const childClone = cloneUntilLimit(child)
+          if (childClone) cloned.appendChild(childClone)
+        }
+        return cloned
+      }
+
+      return null
+    }
+
+    const outFragment = document.createDocumentFragment()
+    for (const child of Array.from(template.content.childNodes)) {
+      if (remaining <= 0) break
+      const childClone = cloneUntilLimit(child)
+      if (childClone) outFragment.appendChild(childClone)
+    }
+    if (truncated) outFragment.appendChild(document.createTextNode('…'))
+
+    const container = document.createElement('div')
+    container.appendChild(outFragment)
+    return container.innerHTML
+  }
+
   window.addEventListener('load', () => {
     const client = algoliasearch('V62SL4FFIW', '1b7e52df4759e32dd49adedb286997f6')
     const index = client.initIndex('apache_camel')
@@ -70,7 +127,7 @@
             // Filter out sub-project results to focus on camel-core documentation
             const filteredHits = results.hits.filter(function (hit) {
               return !isSubProjectUrl(hit.url)
-            }).slice(0, 5)
+            }).slice(0, RESULTS_LIMIT)
             const data = filteredHits.reduce((data, hit) => {
               const section = hit.hierarchy.lvl0
               const sectionKey = `${section}-${hit.version || ''}`
@@ -86,7 +143,7 @@
                   .slice(1)
                   .filter((lvl) => lvl !== null)
                   .join(' / '),
-                snippet: hit._highlightResult.content.value,
+                snippet: truncateHighlightedHtml(hit._highlightResult.content.value, MAX_SNIPPET_LENGTH),
               })
 
               return data