diff --git a/lib/godoc/search.txt b/lib/godoc/search.txt
index 46f7ae478e0..90266292c49 100644
--- a/lib/godoc/search.txt
+++ b/lib/godoc/search.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-QUERY = {Query}
+QUERY
+{Query}
 
 {.section Accurate}
 {.or}
diff --git a/src/cmd/godoc/godoc.go b/src/cmd/godoc/godoc.go
index 7d40000d557..861c2fa7604 100644
--- a/src/cmd/godoc/godoc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/godoc/godoc.go
@@ -746,8 +746,9 @@ func infoLineFmt(w io.Writer, x interface{}, format string) {
 			line = index.(*Index).Snippet(line).Line
 		} else {
 			// no line information available because
-			// we don't have an index
-			// TODO(gri) Fix this for remote search
+			// we don't have an index - this should
+			// never happen; be conservative and don't
+			// crash
 			line = 0
 		}
 	}
@@ -1392,10 +1393,15 @@ type Query struct {
 }
 
 
+type Result struct {
+	Result []byte
+}
+
+
 type IndexServer struct{}
 
 
-func (s *IndexServer) Lookup(query *Query, result *SearchResult) os.Error {
-	*result = lookup(query.Query)
+func (s *IndexServer) Lookup(query *Query, result *Result) os.Error {
+	result.Result = applyTemplate(searchText, "searchText", lookup(query.Query))
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/godoc/main.go b/src/cmd/godoc/main.go
index 189f45c3cf5..f90316dc457 100644
--- a/src/cmd/godoc/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/godoc/main.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func loggingHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 }
 
 
-func remoteLookup(query string) (result *SearchResult, err os.Error) {
+func remoteLookup(query string) (result *Result, err os.Error) {
 	var client *rpc.Client
 	if *serverAddr != "" {
 		// try server only
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func remoteLookup(query string) (result *SearchResult, err os.Error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	result = new(SearchResult)
+	result = new(Result)
 	err = client.Call("IndexServer.Lookup", &Query{query}, result)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -281,9 +281,7 @@ func main() {
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Exitf("remoteLookup: %s", err)
 			}
-			if err := searchText.Execute(result, os.Stdout); err != nil {
-				log.Exitf("searchText.Execute: %s", err)
-			}
+			os.Stdout.Write(result.Result)
 		}
 		return
 	}