diff --git a/src/ui.cpp b/src/ui.cpp
index 1c7e8ed..8d9a19f 100644
--- a/src/ui.cpp
+++ b/src/ui.cpp
@@ -3358,6 +3358,7 @@ void place_search_marks(App& app) {
   std::vector<double> xs;
   int current = -1;
   std::size_t in_view = 0;
+  bool sel_off_view = false;
   const std::vector<double>& hits = app.search.hits();
   if (!hits.empty()) {
     const double s0 = app.model->stream_at_x0();
@@ -3377,22 +3378,33 @@ void place_search_marks(App& app) {
     std::sort(cand.begin(), cand.end());
 
     const std::size_t cap = static_cast<std::size_t>(RowSet::kSearchMarks);
+    // xs.reserve(cap) is only a hint; the actual cap is enforced by xs.size() < cap in the fill loop.
     xs.reserve(cap);
     if (sel >= 0 && sel < static_cast<int>(hits.size())) {
       current = 0;
-      xs.push_back(hits[static_cast<std::size_t>(sel)] - s0);
+      const double x = hits[static_cast<std::size_t>(sel)] - s0;
+      // The selected hit is placed whether or not it is on screen, so the label must not fold it
+      // into the in-view count: it is the one mark `in_view` above deliberately did not see.
+      sel_off_view = x < view.min || x > view.max;
+      xs.push_back(x);
     }
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < cand.size() && xs.size() < cap; ++i) xs.push_back(cand[i].second);
   }
   if (app.search_marks_label != nullptr) {
+    // The marks that are *in view*: `xs` also carries the selected hit when it is off screen.
+    const std::size_t shown = xs.size() - (sel_off_view ? 1u : 0u);
     char text[128];
     if (hits.empty()) {
       std::snprintf(text, sizeof(text), " ");
-    } else if (in_view > xs.size()) {
+    } else if (in_view > shown) {
       // A truncated display says so: "16 of 38" with no qualifier reads as "there are 38 and you
       // are seeing 16 of them *everywhere*", which is not the claim.
       std::snprintf(text, sizeof(text), "%zu of %zu marks shown \xE2\x80\x94 zoom in to see the rest",
-                    xs.size(), in_view);
+                    shown, in_view);
+    } else if (sel_off_view) {
+      std::snprintf(text, sizeof(text),
+                    "%zu of %zu in view \xE2\x80\x94 the selected hit is outside the window", shown,
+                    hits.size());
     } else {
       std::snprintf(text, sizeof(text), "%zu of %zu in view", xs.size(), hits.size());
     }