diff --git a/v2/docusaurus.config.js b/v2/docusaurus.config.js
index 7c4e7c857f4de..fcaf0edbaa5fb 100644
--- a/v2/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/v2/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ module.exports = {
       {
         hashed: true,
         language: ["en"],
-        searchResultLimits: 8,
+        searchResultLimits: 10,
         highlightSearchTermsOnTargetPage: true,
       },
     ],
diff --git a/v2/third_party/docusaurus-search-local/src/client/utils/SearchSourceFactory.ts b/v2/third_party/docusaurus-search-local/src/client/utils/SearchSourceFactory.ts
index e2dfa37bc1ee4..3eaf99cc0c918 100644
--- a/v2/third_party/docusaurus-search-local/src/client/utils/SearchSourceFactory.ts
+++ b/v2/third_party/docusaurus-search-local/src/client/utils/SearchSourceFactory.ts
@@ -74,10 +74,14 @@ export function SearchSourceFactory(
       }
     }
 
-    sortSearchResults(results);
+    // Filter out results from docs/api.md since that is covered via the
+    // docs/api/... pages (api.md exists for redirections from previous website)
+    const filteredResults = results.filter(r => r.document.u !== "/docs/api");
 
-    processTreeStatusOfSearchResults(results);
+    sortSearchResults(filteredResults);
 
-    callback(results as SearchResult[]);
+    processTreeStatusOfSearchResults(filteredResults);
+
+    callback(filteredResults as SearchResult[]);
   };
 }