diff --git a/.changeset/search-hit-description-code.md b/.changeset/search-hit-description-code.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15ed3a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/search-hit-description-code.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@doc-kit/generator-react': patch
+---
+
+Render backticks in search result descriptions as inline code
diff --git a/packages/react/src/html/ui/components/SearchBox/index.jsx b/packages/react/src/html/ui/components/SearchBox/index.jsx
index 311a7f8b..683d44c2 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/html/ui/components/SearchBox/index.jsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/html/ui/components/SearchBox/index.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import SearchHit from '@node-core/ui-components/Common/Search/Results/Hit';
 import useOrama from '../../hooks/useOrama.mjs';
 import withIsland from '../../islands/withIsland.jsx';
 import { relativeOrAbsolute } from '../../utils/relativeOrAbsolute.mjs';
+import { renderLabel } from '../../utils/renderLabel.jsx';
 import styles from './index.module.css';
 
 /**
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ const SearchBox = ({ pathname }) => {
               as={SearchHitLink}
               document={{
                 ...hit.document,
+                description: renderLabel(hit.document.description),
                 href: relativeOrAbsolute(hit.document.href, pathname),
               }}
             />