diff --git a/src/components/SearchInfo.jsx b/src/components/SearchInfo.jsx
index fc766cbd..3fd628b8 100644
--- a/src/components/SearchInfo.jsx
+++ b/src/components/SearchInfo.jsx
@@ -14,18 +14,23 @@ function SearchInfo({
   text,
   loadingStatus,
   onClear,
+  textSearchRewrite,
 }) {
   return (
     <div className="d-flex flex-row border-bottom border-light-400">
       <Icon src={Search} className="justify-content-start ml-3.5 mr-2 mb-2 mt-2.5" />
-      <Button variant="" size="inline">
-        {
-          loadingStatus === RequestStatus.SUCCESSFUL
-            ? intl.formatMessage(messages.searchInfo, { count, text })
-            : intl.formatMessage(messages.searchInfoSearching)
-        }
+      <Button variant="" size="inline" className="text-justify p-2">
+        {loadingStatus === RequestStatus.SUCCESSFUL && (
+          textSearchRewrite ? intl.formatMessage(messages.searchRewriteInfo, {
+            searchString: text,
+            count,
+            textSearchRewrite,
+          })
+            : intl.formatMessage(messages.searchInfo, { count, text })
+        )}
+        {loadingStatus !== RequestStatus.SUCCESSFUL && intl.formatMessage(messages.searchInfoSearching)}
       </Button>
-      <Button variant="link" size="inline" className="ml-auto mr-4" onClick={onClear}>
+      <Button variant="link" size="inline" className="ml-auto mr-3" onClick={onClear} style={{ minWidth: '26%' }}>
         {intl.formatMessage(messages.clearSearch)}
       </Button>
     </div>
@@ -37,11 +42,13 @@ SearchInfo.propTypes = {
   count: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
   text: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
   loadingStatus: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  textSearchRewrite: PropTypes.string,
   onClear: PropTypes.func,
 };
 
 SearchInfo.defaultProps = {
   onClear: () => {},
+  textSearchRewrite: null,
 };
 
 export default injectIntl(SearchInfo);
diff --git a/src/discussions/posts/PostsView.jsx b/src/discussions/posts/PostsView.jsx
index 9f4ce117..4ac0c2fc 100644
--- a/src/discussions/posts/PostsView.jsx
+++ b/src/discussions/posts/PostsView.jsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ function PostsView() {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const searchString = useSelector(({ threads }) => threads.filters.search);
   const resultsFound = useSelector(({ threads }) => threads.totalThreads);
+  const textSearchRewrite = useSelector(({ threads }) => threads.textSearchRewrite);
   const loadingStatus = useSelector(({ threads }) => threads.status);
 
   let postsListComponent;
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ function PostsView() {
           text={searchString}
           loadingStatus={loadingStatus}
           onClear={() => dispatch(setSearchQuery(''))}
+          textSearchRewrite={textSearchRewrite}
         />
       )}
       <PostFilterBar />
diff --git a/src/discussions/posts/data/slices.js b/src/discussions/posts/data/slices.js
index 291213bc..ba61f128 100644
--- a/src/discussions/posts/data/slices.js
+++ b/src/discussions/posts/data/slices.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const threadsSlice = createSlice({
     nextPage: null,
     totalPages: null,
     totalThreads: null,
+    textSearchRewrite: null,
     postStatus: RequestStatus.SUCCESSFUL,
     filters: {
       status: PostsStatusFilter.ALL,
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ const threadsSlice = createSlice({
       state.nextPage = (payload.page < payload.pagination.numPages) ? payload.page + 1 : null;
       state.totalPages = payload.pagination.numPages;
       state.totalThreads = payload.pagination.count;
+      state.textSearchRewrite = payload.textSearchRewrite;
     },
     fetchThreadsFailed: (state) => {
       state.status = RequestStatus.FAILED;
diff --git a/src/discussions/posts/data/thunks.js b/src/discussions/posts/data/thunks.js
index bfb45363..9599d3c6 100644
--- a/src/discussions/posts/data/thunks.js
+++ b/src/discussions/posts/data/thunks.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export function fetchThreads(courseId, {
       const data = await getThreads(courseId, options);
       const normalisedData = normaliseThreads(camelCaseObject(data), topicIds);
       dispatch(fetchThreadsSuccess({
-        ...normalisedData, page, author,
+        ...normalisedData, page, author, textSearchRewrite: data.text_search_rewrite,
       }));
     } catch (error) {
       if (getHttpErrorStatus(error) === 403) {
diff --git a/src/discussions/posts/post-actions-bar/messages.js b/src/discussions/posts/post-actions-bar/messages.js
index b97d321e..325c808a 100644
--- a/src/discussions/posts/post-actions-bar/messages.js
+++ b/src/discussions/posts/post-actions-bar/messages.js
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
     defaultMessage: 'Showing {count} results for "{text}"',
     description: 'Message displayed when user performs a search',
   },
+  searchRewriteInfo: {
+    id: 'discussions.actionBar.searchRewriteInfo',
+    defaultMessage: 'No results found for "{searchString}". Showing {count} results for "{textSearchRewrite}".',
+    description: 'Message displayed when user performs a search and search query is rewritten because matching results are not found',
+  },
   searchInfoSearching: {
     id: 'discussions.actionBar.searchInfoSearching',
     defaultMessage: 'Searching...',