diff --git a/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md b/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md
index 4ba03390d4..4ac96f5c08 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ Note that some of these parameters are explained in details in other sections of
   showVisitedLinks = false
   # Disable search function. It will hide search bar
   disableSearch = false
-  # Make hidden pages searchable
-  searchHiddenPages = false
+  # Disable search in hidden pages, otherwise they will be shown in search box
+  disableSearchHiddenPages = false
   # Javascript and CSS cache are automatically busted when new version of site is generated.
   # Set this to true to disable this behavior (some proxies don't handle well this optimization)
   disableAssetsBusting = false
diff --git a/layouts/index.json b/layouts/index.json
index d5ad63b689..4128c70bfc 100644
--- a/layouts/index.json
+++ b/layouts/index.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{- $pages := slice }}
 {{- range .Site.Pages }}
-{{- if or .Site.Params.searchHiddenPages (and (ne .Params.hidden true) (ne .Title "")) }}
+{{- if and (ne .Site.Params.disableSearchHiddenPages true) (or (ne .Params.hidden true) (ne .Title "")) }}
 {{- $pages = $pages | append (dict "uri" .RelPermalink "title" .Title "tags" .Params.tags "description" .Description "content" (.Plain | htmlUnescape)) }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}