diff --git a/catalogue/search.pl b/catalogue/search.pl
index 6fc96d638f..7e2e300523 100755
--- a/catalogue/search.pl
+++ b/catalogue/search.pl
@@ -619,8 +619,9 @@ for (my $i=0;$i<@servers;$i++) {
             ## FIXME: add a global function for this, it's better than the current global one
             ## Build the page numbers on the bottom of the page
             my @page_numbers;
+            my $hits_to_paginate = C4::Context->preference('SearchEngine') eq 'Elasticsearch' ? 10000 : $hits;
             # total number of pages there will be
-            my $pages = ceil($hits / $results_per_page);
+            my $pages = ceil($hits_to_paginate / $results_per_page);
             my $last_page_offset = ( $pages -1 ) * $results_per_page;
             # default page number
             my $current_page_number = 1;
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/page-numbers.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/page-numbers.inc
index af4bc09c75..387d09f2fb 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/page-numbers.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/page-numbers.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [% IF ( PAGE_NUMBERS ) %]<nav><ul class="pagination">
+ [% IF Koha.Preference('SearchEngine') == 'Elasticsearch' %]<h6>10,000 results loaded, refine your search to view other records</h6>[% END %]
     [% IF ( previous_page_offset.defined ) %]
         <li><a class="nav" href="/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?[% query_cgi |html %][% limit_cgi |html %][% IF ( sort_by ) %]&amp;sort_by=[% sort_by |url %][% END %]">First</a></li>
         <!-- Row of numbers corresponding to search result pages -->
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/results.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/results.tt
index c2fb64c220..0b7c63d17f 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/results.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/results.tt
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@
         [% ELSE %]
 
             <div id="searchresults">
-
                 [% INCLUDE 'page-numbers.inc' %]
 
                 <form action="/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl" method="get" name="bookbag_form" id="bookbag_form">
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/page-numbers.inc b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/page-numbers.inc
index fbfdfc8124..484fa5c13b 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/page-numbers.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/page-numbers.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [% IF ( PAGE_NUMBERS ) %]
     <div class="pagination pagination-small noprint">
+     [% IF Koha.Preference('SearchEngine') == 'Elasticsearch' %]<h6>10000 results loaded, refine your search to view other records</h6>[% END %]
         <ul>
             [% IF ( previous_page_offset.defined ) %]
                 <li><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?[% query_cgi |html %][% limit_cgi |html %][% IF ( sort_by ) %]&amp;sort_by=[% sort_by |html %][% END %]">First</a></li>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/search/page-numbers.inc b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/search/page-numbers.inc
index 2de511fa55..807417be8d 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/search/page-numbers.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/search/page-numbers.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [% IF ( PAGE_NUMBERS ) %]
   <div class="pages">
+   [% IF Koha.Preference('SearchEngine') == 'Elasticsearch' %]<h6>10000 results loaded, refine your search to view other records</h6>[% END %]
     [% IF ( previous_page ) %]
       <a class="nav" href="?[% FOREACH fp IN follower_params %][% fp.var |url %]=[% fp.val |url %]&amp;[% END %]page=[% previous_page |url %]">&lt;&lt; Previous</a>
     [% END %]
diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index 1d7615bc5c..9cfb3fa9ed 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -830,8 +830,9 @@ for (my $i=0;$i<@servers;$i++) {
 	    }
             ## Build the page numbers on the bottom of the page
             my @page_numbers;
+            my $hits_to_paginate = C4::Context->preference('SearchEngine') eq 'Elasticsearch' ? 10000 : $hits;
             # total number of pages there will be
-            my $pages = ceil($hits / $results_per_page);
+            my $pages = ceil($hits_to_paginate / $results_per_page);
             my $last_page_offset = ( $pages - 1 ) * $results_per_page;
             # default page number
             my $current_page_number = 1;