diff --git a/http-ui/src/main.rs b/http-ui/src/main.rs
index 6a79e77ca..d0fc29573 100644
--- a/http-ui/src/main.rs
+++ b/http-ui/src/main.rs
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         filters: Option<String>,
         facet_filters: Option<Vec<UntaggedEither<Vec<String>, String>>>,
         facet_distribution: Option<bool>,
+        limit: Option<usize>,
     }
 
     #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
@@ -739,6 +740,10 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 search.filter(condition);
             }
 
+            if let Some(limit) = query.limit {
+                search.limit(limit);
+            }
+
             let SearchResult { matching_words, candidates, documents_ids } =
                 search.execute().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/milli/src/search/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/mod.rs
index f692df173..71d200e0c 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/mod.rs
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ impl<'a> Search<'a> {
         let mut offset = self.offset;
         let mut initial_candidates = RoaringBitmap::new();
         let mut excluded_candidates = RoaringBitmap::new();
-        let mut documents_ids = Vec::with_capacity(self.limit);
+        let mut documents_ids = Vec::new();
 
         while let Some(FinalResult { candidates, bucket_candidates, .. }) =
             criteria.next(&excluded_candidates)?