diff --git a/src/func.cc b/src/func.cc
index 791e9572..26d7e692 100644
--- a/src/func.cc
+++ b/src/func.cc
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ Value builtin_search(const Context *, const std::vector<std::string>&, const std
 		      if (num_returns_per_match > 1 && matchCount >= num_returns_per_match) break;
 		    }
 		  }
-		  if (matchCount == 0) PRINTB("  search term not found: \"%s\"", findThis.toString()[i]);
+		  if (matchCount == 0) PRINTB("  WARNING: search term not found: \"%s\"", findThis.toString()[i]);
 		  if (num_returns_per_match == 0 || num_returns_per_match > 1) {
 				returnvec.push_back(Value(resultvec));
 			}
@@ -478,10 +478,10 @@ Value builtin_search(const Context *, const std::vector<std::string>&, const std
 		  }
 		  if (num_returns_per_match == 1 && matchCount == 0) {
 		    if (findThis.toVector()[i].type() == Value::NUMBER) {
-					PRINTB("  search term not found: %s",findThis.toVector()[i].toDouble());
+					PRINTB("  WARNING: search term not found: %s",findThis.toVector()[i].toDouble());
 				}
 		    else if (findThis.toVector()[i].type() == Value::STRING) {
-					PRINTB("  search term not found: \"%s\"",findThis.toVector()[i].toString());
+					PRINTB("  WARNING: search term not found: \"%s\"",findThis.toVector()[i].toString());
 				}
 		    returnvec.push_back(Value(resultvec));
 		  }
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ Value builtin_search(const Context *, const std::vector<std::string>&, const std
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		PRINTB("  search: none performed on input %s", findThis);
+		PRINTB("  WARNING: search: none performed on input %s", findThis);
 		return Value();
 	}
 	return Value(returnvec);
diff --git a/tests/regression/echotest/search-tests-expected.txt b/tests/regression/echotest/search-tests-expected.txt
index 64df0b68..0269f432 100644
--- a/tests/regression/echotest/search-tests-expected.txt
+++ b/tests/regression/echotest/search-tests-expected.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-  search term not found: "q"
-  search term not found: 1000
-  search term not found: "zzz"
-  search term not found: "zzz"
-  search term not found: 500
-  search term not found: ""
+  WARNING: search term not found: "q"
+  WARNING: search term not found: 1000
+  WARNING: search term not found: "zzz"
+  WARNING: search term not found: "zzz"
+  WARNING: search term not found: 500
+  WARNING: search term not found: ""
 ECHO: "Characters in string (\"a\"): [0]"
 ECHO: "Characters in string (\"adeq\"): [[0, 5], [3, 8], [4], []]"
 ECHO: "Default string search (\"abe\"): [0, 1, 8]"