diff --git a/cmd/tools/vdoc/resources/doc.js b/cmd/tools/vdoc/resources/doc.js
index ac19dd2978..c69e0df46d 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vdoc/resources/doc.js
+++ b/cmd/tools/vdoc/resources/doc.js
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ function setupSearch() {
             var searchIndexLength = searchIndex.length;
             var results = [];
             for (var i = 0; i < searchIndexLength; i++) {
-                var title = searchIndex[i].toLowerCase();
-                if (title.indexOf(searchValue) === -1) {
+                var title = searchIndex[i];
+                if (title.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchValue) === -1) {
                     continue
                 }
                 // [badge, description, link]
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vdoc/vdoc.v b/cmd/tools/vdoc/vdoc.v
index 32983f848b..5fccfeb2e4 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vdoc/vdoc.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vdoc/vdoc.v
@@ -743,7 +743,11 @@ fn (mut cfg DocConfig) create_search_results(mod string, dn doc.DocNode) {
 	dn_description := trim_doc_node_description(dn.comment)
 	cfg.search_index << dn.name
 	cfg.search_data << SearchResult{
-		prefix: '$dn.kind ($dn.parent_name)'
+		prefix: if dn.parent_name != '' {
+			'$dn.kind ($dn.parent_name)'
+		} else {
+			'$dn.kind '
+		}
 		description: dn_description
 		badge: mod
 		link: cfg.get_file_name(mod) + '#' + get_node_id(dn)