diff --git a/include/zim/search.h b/include/zim/search.h
index ae4c54627..61bf7623d 100644
--- a/include/zim/search.h
+++ b/include/zim/search.h
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ class Search
          *
          * @param start The begining of the range to get
          *              (offset of the first result).
-         * @param end   The end of the range to get
-         *              (offset of the result past the end of the range).
+         * @param maxResults The maximum number of results to return
+         *                   (offset of last result from the start of range).
          */
-        const SearchResultSet getResults(int start, int end) const;
+        const SearchResultSet getResults(int start, int maxResults) const;
 
         /** Get the number of estimated results for this search.
          *
diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 7049bbe94..461a15472 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -357,10 +357,10 @@ int Search::getEstimatedMatches() const
     }
 }
 
-const SearchResultSet Search::getResults(int start, int end) const {
+const SearchResultSet Search::getResults(int start, int maxResults) const {
     try {
       auto enquire = getEnquire();
-      auto mset = enquire.get_mset(start, end);
+      auto mset = enquire.get_mset(start, maxResults);
       return SearchResultSet(mp_internalDb, std::move(mset));
     } catch(Xapian::QueryParserError& e) {
       return SearchResultSet(mp_internalDb);