diff --git a/docs/app/src/search.js b/docs/app/src/search.js
index 1be6614f3846..c239e5d5675c 100644
--- a/docs/app/src/search.js
+++ b/docs/app/src/search.js
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ angular.module('search', [])
     clearResults();
     $scope.q = '';
   };
+
+  $scope.handleResultClicked = function($event) {
+    if ($event.which === 1 && !$event.ctrlKey && !$event.metaKey) {
+      $scope.hideResults();
+    }
+  };
 }])
 
 
diff --git a/docs/config/templates/app/indexPage.template.html b/docs/config/templates/app/indexPage.template.html
index e779942cc115..3a543381f9b5 100644
--- a/docs/config/templates/app/indexPage.template.html
+++ b/docs/config/templates/app/indexPage.template.html
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ <h1 class="brand"><a href="http://angularjs.org"><img width="117" height="30" sr
                 <div ng-repeat="(key, value) in results track by key" class="search-results-group" ng-class="colClassName + ' col-group-' + key" ng-show="value.length > 0">
                   <h4 class="search-results-group-heading">{{ key }}</h4>
                   <ul class="search-results">
-                    <li ng-repeat="item in value" class="search-result"><a ng-click="hideResults()" ng-href="{{ item.path }}">{{ item.name }}</a></li>
+                    <li ng-repeat="item in value" class="search-result"><a ng-click="handleResultClicked($event)" ng-href="{{ item.path }}">{{ item.name }}</a></li>
                   </ul>
                 </div>
               </div>