diff --git a/src/doc/man/cargo-search.md b/src/doc/man/cargo-search.md
index f3d87cb1278..fbecb79ecfb 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/cargo-search.md
+++ b/src/doc/man/cargo-search.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## NAME
 
-cargo-search --- Search packages in crates.io
+cargo-search --- Search packages in the registry. Default registry is crates.io
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -49,4 +49,5 @@ Limit the number of results (default: 10, max: 100).
        cargo search serde
 
 ## SEE ALSO
+
 {{man "cargo" 1}}, {{man "cargo-install" 1}}, {{man "cargo-publish" 1}}
diff --git a/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-search.txt b/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-search.txt
index 74bbda9f706..9fd89b67e49 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-search.txt
+++ b/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-search.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 CARGO-SEARCH(1)
 
 NAME
-       cargo-search — Search packages in crates.io
+       cargo-search — Search packages in the registry. Default registry is
+       crates.io
 
 SYNOPSIS
        cargo search [options] [query…]
diff --git a/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-search.md b/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-search.md
index 72e2accf3ae..1a98f286916 100644
--- a/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-search.md
+++ b/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-search.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## NAME
 
-cargo-search --- Search packages in crates.io
+cargo-search --- Search packages in the registry. Default registry is crates.io
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -131,4 +131,5 @@ details on environment variables that Cargo reads.
        cargo search serde
 
 ## SEE ALSO
+
 [cargo(1)](cargo.html), [cargo-install(1)](cargo-install.html), [cargo-publish(1)](cargo-publish.html)
diff --git a/src/etc/man/cargo-search.1 b/src/etc/man/cargo-search.1
index 245d4e65dd9..b1d458bd579 100644
--- a/src/etc/man/cargo-search.1
+++ b/src/etc/man/cargo-search.1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .ad l
 .ss \n[.ss] 0
 .SH "NAME"
-cargo\-search \[em] Search packages in crates.io
+cargo\-search \[em] Search packages in the registry. Default registry is crates.io
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 \fBcargo search\fR [\fIoptions\fR] [\fIquery\fR\[u2026]]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"