diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index d7739daad57..669a489a4fb 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -309,12 +309,23 @@ pub fn run(mut krate: clean::Crate, dst: Path) -> io::IoResult<()> {
     let index = {
         let mut w = MemWriter::new();
         try!(write!(&mut w, r#"searchIndex['{}'] = \{"items":["#, krate.name));
+
+        let mut lastpath = ~"";
         for (i, item) in cache.search_index.iter().enumerate() {
+            // Omit the path if it is same to that of the prior item.
+            let path;
+            if lastpath == item.path {
+                path = "";
+            } else {
+                lastpath = item.path.clone();
+                path = item.path.as_slice();
+            };
+
             if i > 0 {
                 try!(write!(&mut w, ","));
             }
             try!(write!(&mut w, r#"[{:u},"{}","{}",{}"#,
-                        item.ty, item.name, item.path,
+                        item.ty, item.name, path,
                         item.desc.to_json().to_str()));
             match item.parent {
                 Some(nodeid) => {
@@ -325,7 +336,9 @@ pub fn run(mut krate: clean::Crate, dst: Path) -> io::IoResult<()> {
             }
             try!(write!(&mut w, "]"));
         }
+
         try!(write!(&mut w, r#"],"paths":["#));
+
         for (i, &nodeid) in pathid_to_nodeid.iter().enumerate() {
             let &(ref fqp, short) = cache.paths.find(&nodeid).unwrap();
             if i > 0 {
@@ -334,6 +347,7 @@ pub fn run(mut krate: clean::Crate, dst: Path) -> io::IoResult<()> {
             try!(write!(&mut w, r#"[{:u},"{}"]"#,
                         short, *fqp.last().unwrap()));
         }
+
         try!(write!(&mut w, r"]\};"));
 
         str::from_utf8(w.unwrap().as_slice()).unwrap().to_owned()
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
index 9ef25c50206..4b79ae89eef 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
 
                 // an array of [(Number) item type,
                 //              (String) name,
-                //              (String) full path,
+                //              (String) full path or empty string for previous path,
                 //              (String) description,
                 //              (optional Number) the parent path index to `paths`]
                 var items = rawSearchIndex[crate].items;
@@ -561,10 +561,11 @@
                 // all other search operations have access to this cached data for
                 // faster analysis operations
                 var len = items.length;
+                var lastPath = "";
                 for (var i = 0; i < len; i += 1) {
                     var rawRow = items[i];
                     var row = {crate: crate, ty: rawRow[0], name: rawRow[1],
-                               path: rawRow[2], desc: rawRow[3],
+                               path: rawRow[2] || lastPath, desc: rawRow[3],
                                parent: paths[rawRow[4]]};
                     searchIndex.push(row);
                     if (typeof row.name === "string") {
@@ -573,6 +574,7 @@
                     } else {
                         searchWords.push("");
                     }
+                    lastPath = row.path;
                 }
             }
             return searchWords;