diff --git a/packages/graphql-playground-react/src/components/Playground/DocExplorer/SearchBox.tsx b/packages/graphql-playground-react/src/components/Playground/DocExplorer/SearchBox.tsx
index e895a2dfb..81de748a7 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-playground-react/src/components/Playground/DocExplorer/SearchBox.tsx
+++ b/packages/graphql-playground-react/src/components/Playground/DocExplorer/SearchBox.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ export default class SearchBox extends React.Component<Props, State> {
           type="text"
           value={this.state.value}
           placeholder={this.props.placeholder || 'Search the docs ...'}
+          title={
+            'Wrap in quotes "" to match exactly. Prefix with e.g. Mutation. to only match mutations'
+          }
         />
       </Label>
     )
diff --git a/packages/graphql-playground-react/src/components/Playground/DocExplorer/SearchResults.tsx b/packages/graphql-playground-react/src/components/Playground/DocExplorer/SearchResults.tsx
index 7b42fd101..b28139c83 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-playground-react/src/components/Playground/DocExplorer/SearchResults.tsx
+++ b/packages/graphql-playground-react/src/components/Playground/DocExplorer/SearchResults.tsx
@@ -20,10 +20,30 @@ export default class SearchResults extends React.Component<Props, {}> {
 
   render() {
     const { level } = this.props
-    const searchValue = this.props.searchValue
+    let searchValue = this.props.searchValue
     const withinType = this.props.withinType
     const schema = this.props.schema
 
+    let matchFn = isMatch
+    let exactMatch = false
+    if (searchValue.match(/^".+"$/)) {
+      exactMatch = true
+      matchFn = isExactMatch
+      searchValue = searchValue.slice(1, searchValue.length - 1)
+    }
+
+    let subtypeSearch: null | string = null
+    const subtypeMatch = searchValue.match(/\./g)
+    if (!withinType && subtypeMatch && subtypeMatch.length === 1) {
+      const parts = searchValue.split('.')
+      const typePart = parts[0]
+      const newSearchValue = parts[1]
+      if (typePart.length > 0) {
+        subtypeSearch = typePart
+        searchValue = newSearchValue
+      }
+    }
+
     const matchedWithin: any[] = []
     const matchedTypes: any[] = []
     const matchedFields: any[] = []
@@ -47,7 +67,11 @@ export default class SearchResults extends React.Component<Props, {}> {
       }
 
       const type = typeMap[typeName]
-      if (withinType !== type && isMatch(typeName, searchValue)) {
+      if (
+        withinType !== type &&
+        matchFn(typeName, searchValue) &&
+        !subtypeSearch
+      ) {
         matchedTypes.push(
           <div className="doc-category-item" key={typeName}>
             <TypeLink type={type} x={level} y={count++} lastActive={false} />
@@ -55,17 +79,21 @@ export default class SearchResults extends React.Component<Props, {}> {
         )
       }
 
-      if (type.getFields) {
+      /* don't show match for e.g. Query.Asset when searching for exact match "Asset",
+         only show Asset, however, for "Query.Asset" we want to use the maching logic
+         within this if clause */
+      if (type.getFields && (!exactMatch || (exactMatch && subtypeMatch))) {
         const fields = type.getFields()
         Object.keys(fields).forEach(fieldName => {
           const field = fields[fieldName]
           field.parent = type
           let matchingArgs
 
-          if (!isMatch(fieldName, searchValue)) {
+          /* when doing a Query.Asset search, don't match args and stuff within the query */
+          if (!matchFn(fieldName, searchValue) && !subtypeSearch) {
             if (field.args && field.args.length) {
               matchingArgs = field.args.filter(arg =>
-                isMatch(arg.name, searchValue),
+                matchFn(arg.name, searchValue),
               )
               if (matchingArgs.length === 0) {
                 return
@@ -88,8 +116,17 @@ export default class SearchResults extends React.Component<Props, {}> {
             </div>
           )
 
+          /* when doing a search within a type the subtypeSearch should be false */
           if (withinType === type) {
             matchedWithin.push(match)
+          } else if (subtypeSearch) {
+            /* in e.g. Query.Asset search, both Query and Asset must match */
+            if (
+              matchFn(typeName, subtypeSearch) &&
+              matchFn(fieldName, searchValue)
+            ) {
+              matchedFields.push(match)
+            }
           } else {
             matchedFields.push(match)
           }
@@ -135,6 +172,9 @@ function isMatch(sourceText, searchValue) {
     return sourceText.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchValue.toLowerCase()) !== -1
   }
 }
+function isExactMatch(sourceText, searchValue) {
+  return sourceText === searchValue
+}
 
 const NoResult = styled.span`
   display: block;