diff --git a/gradle/changelog/search_parse_error.yaml b/gradle/changelog/search_parse_error.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62da7080dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/search_parse_error.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: Fixed
+  description: Error message for parse error on search result page ([#1768](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1768))
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/containers/OmniSearch.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/containers/OmniSearch.tsx
index e6f0bca5d5..0972ce97d3 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/containers/OmniSearch.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/containers/OmniSearch.tsx
@@ -24,21 +24,14 @@
 import React, { FC, KeyboardEvent as ReactKeyboardEvent, MouseEvent, useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { Hit, Links, ValueHitField } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
 import styled from "styled-components";
-import { BackendError, useSearch } from "@scm-manager/ui-api";
+import { useSearch } from "@scm-manager/ui-api";
 import classNames from "classnames";
 import { Link, useHistory, useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import {
-  Button,
-  ErrorNotification,
-  HitProps,
-  LinkStyleButton,
-  Notification,
-  RepositoryAvatar,
-  useStringHitFieldValue,
-} from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+import { Button, HitProps, Notification, RepositoryAvatar, useStringHitFieldValue } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 import SyntaxHelp from "../search/SyntaxHelp";
 import SyntaxModal from "../search/SyntaxModal";
+import SearchErrorNotification from "../search/SearchErrorNotification";
 
 const Field = styled.div`
   margin-bottom: 0 !important;
@@ -81,39 +74,6 @@ const EmptyHits: FC = () => {
   );
 };
 
-type ErrorProps = {
-  error: Error;
-  showHelp: () => void;
-};
-
-const ParseErrorNotification: FC<ErrorProps> = ({ showHelp }) => {
-  const [t] = useTranslation("commons");
-  return (
-    <QuickSearchNotification>
-      <Notification type="warning">
-        <p>{t("search.quickSearch.parseError")}</p>
-        <LinkStyleButton onClick={showHelp}>{t("search.quickSearch.parseErrorHelp")}</LinkStyleButton>
-      </Notification>
-    </QuickSearchNotification>
-  );
-};
-
-const isBackendError = (error: Error | BackendError): error is BackendError => {
-  return (error as BackendError).errorCode !== undefined;
-};
-
-const SearchErrorNotification: FC<ErrorProps> = ({ error, showHelp }) => {
-  // 5VScek8Xp1 is the id of sonia.scm.search.QueryParseException
-  if (isBackendError(error) && error.errorCode === "5VScek8Xp1") {
-    return <ParseErrorNotification error={error} showHelp={showHelp} />;
-  }
-  return (
-    <QuickSearchNotification>
-      <ErrorNotification error={error} />
-    </QuickSearchNotification>
-  );
-};
-
 const ResultHeading = styled.h3`
   border-bottom: 1px solid lightgray;
   margin: 0 0.5rem;
@@ -390,7 +350,11 @@ const OmniSearch: FC = () => {
             )}
           </div>
           <DropdownMenu className="dropdown-menu" onMouseDown={(e) => e.preventDefault()}>
-            {error ? <SearchErrorNotification error={error} showHelp={openHelp} /> : null}
+            {error ? (
+              <QuickSearchNotification>
+                <SearchErrorNotification error={error} showHelp={openHelp} />
+              </QuickSearchNotification>
+            ) : null}
             {!error && data ? (
               <Hits
                 showHelp={openHelp}
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/search/Search.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/search/Search.tsx
index c57a6e631f..550c18e323 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/search/Search.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/search/Search.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-import React, { FC } from "react";
+import React, { FC, useState } from "react";
 import {
   CustomQueryFlexWrappedColumns,
   Level,
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import { Link, useLocation, useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useSearch, useSearchCounts, useSearchTypes } from "@scm-manager/ui-api";
 import Results from "./Results";
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import SearchErrorNotification from "./SearchErrorNotification";
+import SyntaxModal from "./SyntaxModal";
 
 type PathParams = {
   type: string;
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ const SearchSubTitle: FC<Props> = ({ selectedType, query }) => {
 
 const Search: FC = () => {
   const [t] = useTranslation(["commons", "plugins"]);
+  const [showHelp, setShowHelp] = useState(false);
   const { query, selectedType, page } = usePageParams();
   const { data, isLoading, error } = useSearch(query, {
     type: selectedType,
@@ -135,8 +138,9 @@ const Search: FC = () => {
       title={t("search.title")}
       subtitle={<SearchSubTitle query={query} selectedType={selectedType} />}
       loading={isLoading}
-      error={error}
     >
+      {showHelp ? <SyntaxModal close={() => setShowHelp(false)} /> : null}
+      <SearchErrorNotification error={error} showHelp={() => setShowHelp(true)} />
       {data ? (
         <CustomQueryFlexWrappedColumns>
           <PrimaryContentColumn>
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/search/SearchErrorNotification.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/search/SearchErrorNotification.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b81fe488e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/search/SearchErrorNotification.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * MIT License
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-present Cloudogu GmbH and Contributors
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+import React, { FC } from "react";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { BackendError, ErrorNotification, LinkStyleButton, Notification } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+
+type Props = {
+  error?: Error | null;
+  showHelp: () => void;
+};
+
+const ParseErrorNotification: FC<Props> = ({ showHelp }) => {
+  const [t] = useTranslation("commons");
+  return (
+    <Notification type="warning">
+      <p>{t("search.quickSearch.parseError")}</p>
+      <LinkStyleButton onClick={showHelp}>{t("search.quickSearch.parseErrorHelp")}</LinkStyleButton>
+    </Notification>
+  );
+};
+
+const isBackendError = (error: Error | BackendError): error is BackendError => {
+  return (error as BackendError).errorCode !== undefined;
+};
+
+const SearchErrorNotification: FC<Props> = ({ error, showHelp }) => {
+  if (!error) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  // 5VScek8Xp1 is the id of sonia.scm.search.QueryParseException
+  if (isBackendError(error) && error.errorCode === "5VScek8Xp1") {
+    return <ParseErrorNotification error={error} showHelp={showHelp} />;
+  }
+  return <ErrorNotification error={error} />;
+};
+
+export default SearchErrorNotification;