diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/ui/toolbar/awesome_bar.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/ui/toolbar/awesome_bar.js
index f04bd6a8fe..801e89af79 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/ui/toolbar/awesome_bar.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/ui/toolbar/awesome_bar.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ frappe.search.AwesomeBar = class AwesomeBar {
 					<span class="help-item">${frappe.utils.icon("corner-down-left")}</span>
 					<span>${__("to select")}</span>
 				</span>
-				<span class="help-item">${__("esc")}</span>
+				<span class="help-item help-item-esc">${__("esc")}</span>
 				<span>${__("to close")}</span>
 			</div>
 			<div class="pointer">${frappe.utils.icon("circle-question-mark")}</div>
diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/ui/toolbar/search_utils.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/ui/toolbar/search_utils.js
index 1226d9f9bd..d79e7dac53 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/ui/toolbar/search_utils.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/ui/toolbar/search_utils.js
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ frappe.search.utils = {
 				out.label = icon + __(view_name.bold()) + " " + labelSuffix;
 				out.value = __(view_name) + " " + labelSuffix;
 			} else if (match[0]) {
-				out.label = frappe.utils.escape_html(match[0]).bold();
+				out.label =
+					me.make_icon(me.recent ? "circle-dashed" : "file-text") +
+					frappe.utils.escape_html(match[0]).bold();
 				out.value = match[0];
 			} else {
 				console.log("Illegal match", match);
diff --git a/frappe/public/scss/desk/navbar.scss b/frappe/public/scss/desk/navbar.scss
index 2f0e53493d..5668d6b59b 100644
--- a/frappe/public/scss/desk/navbar.scss
+++ b/frappe/public/scss/desk/navbar.scss
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@
 			margin-right: 0.25rem;
 			border-radius: 4px;
 		}
+		.help-item-esc {
+			padding: 2px 4px;
+		}
 	}
 }