diff --git a/locales/en-US.yml b/locales/en-US.yml
index 746f78170..0245d1709 100644
--- a/locales/en-US.yml
+++ b/locales/en-US.yml
@@ -1133,6 +1133,8 @@ removeRecipient: "Remove recipient"
 removeMember: "Remove member"
 verifiedLink: "Verified link"
 openInMainColumn: "Open in main column"
+searchNotLoggedIn_1: "You have to be authenticated in order to use full text search."
+searchNotLoggedIn_2: "However, you can search using hashtags, and search users."
 
 _sensitiveMediaDetection:
   description: "Reduces the effort of server moderation through automatically recognizing
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
index b4d83aa0b..a4a904dd2 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { sqlLikeEscape } from "@/misc/sql-like-escape.js";
 export const meta = {
 	tags: ["notes"],
 
-	requireCredential: false,
+	requireCredential: true,
 	requireCredentialPrivateMode: true,
 
 	res: {
diff --git a/packages/client/src/pages/search.vue b/packages/client/src/pages/search.vue
index fdab6636e..8fd7d3b4d 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/pages/search.vue
+++ b/packages/client/src/pages/search.vue
@@ -25,7 +25,24 @@
 				@slide-change="onSlideChange"
 			>
 				<swiper-slide>
-					<XNotes ref="notes" :pagination="notesPagination" />
+					<template v-if="$i">
+						<XNotes ref="notes" :pagination="notesPagination" />
+					</template>
+					<template v-else>
+						<transition :name="$store.state.animation ? 'zoom' : ''" appear>
+							<div class="_fullinfo" ref="notes">
+								<img
+									src="/static-assets/badges/info.png"
+									class="_ghost"
+									alt="Info"
+								/>
+								<div>
+									{{ i18n.ts.searchNotLoggedIn_1 }}<br>
+									{{ i18n.ts.searchNotLoggedIn_2 }}
+								</div>
+							</div>
+						</transition>
+					</template>
 				</swiper-slide>
 				<swiper-slide>
 					<XUserList
@@ -49,6 +66,7 @@ import { i18n } from "@/i18n";
 import { definePageMetadata } from "@/scripts/page-metadata";
 import { defaultStore } from "@/store";
 import { deviceKind } from "@/scripts/device-kind";
+import { $i } from "@/account";
 import "swiper/scss";
 import "swiper/scss/virtual";