diff --git a/src/app/services/project_service.js b/src/app/services/project_service.js
index 9ffafd854..9346195c6 100644
--- a/src/app/services/project_service.js
+++ b/src/app/services/project_service.js
@@ -241,7 +241,10 @@ angular
                 return _.includes(['model', 'source', 'seed', 'snapshot', 'analysis'], node.resource_type);
             });
 
-            service.project.searchable = search_nodes.concat(search_macros);
+            service.project.searchable = _.filter(search_nodes.concat(search_macros), function(obj) {
+                // It should not be possible to search for hidden documentation
+                return !obj.docs || obj.docs.show;
+            });
             service.loaded.resolve();
         });
     }