diff --git a/http-ui/public/script.js b/http-ui/public/script.js
index 58fc74eab..3071f78ac 100644
--- a/http-ui/public/script.js
+++ b/http-ui/public/script.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $('#query, #facet').on('input', function () {
 
         let timeSpent = request.getResponseHeader('Time-Ms');
         let numberOfDocuments = data.documents.length;
-        count.innerHTML = `${numberOfDocuments}`;
+        count.innerHTML = data.numberOfCandidates.toLocaleString();
         time.innerHTML = `${timeSpent}ms`;
         time.classList.remove('fade-in-out');
 
diff --git a/http-ui/src/main.rs b/http-ui/src/main.rs
index fe2f71c8e..46f81ab5e 100644
--- a/http-ui/src/main.rs
+++ b/http-ui/src/main.rs
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
     struct Answer {
         documents: Vec<Map<String, Value>>,
+        number_of_candidates: u64,
         facets: HashMap<String, Vec<Value>>,
     }
 
@@ -659,6 +660,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
             let SearchResult { found_words, candidates, documents_ids } = search.execute().unwrap();
 
+            let number_of_candidates = candidates.len();
             let facets = if query.facet_distribution == Some(true) {
                 Some(index.facets(&rtxn).candidates(candidates).execute().unwrap())
             } else {
@@ -690,6 +692,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
             let answer = Answer {
                 documents,
+                number_of_candidates,
                 facets: facets.unwrap_or_default(),
             };
 
diff --git a/http-ui/templates/index.html b/http-ui/templates/index.html
index 49d36bb65..20de4884a 100644
--- a/http-ui/templates/index.html
+++ b/http-ui/templates/index.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <nav class="level-right">
           <div class="level-item has-text-centered">
             <div>
-              <p class="heading">Documents</p>
+              <p class="heading">Candidates</p>
               <p id="count" class="title">0</p>
             </div>
           </div>