diff --git a/lib/blacklight/bookmarks.rb b/lib/blacklight/bookmarks.rb
index 7499deb5cc..fb77fd0cf6 100644
--- a/lib/blacklight/bookmarks.rb
+++ b/lib/blacklight/bookmarks.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Blacklight::Bookmarks
   def action_documents
     bookmarks = token_or_current_or_guest_user.bookmarks
     bookmark_ids = bookmarks.collect { |b| b.document_id.to_s }
-    fetch_many(bookmark_ids)
+    fetch(bookmark_ids)
   end
 
   def action_success_redirect_path
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def index
     @bookmarks = token_or_current_or_guest_user.bookmarks
     bookmark_ids = @bookmarks.collect { |b| b.document_id.to_s }
 
-    @response, @document_list = fetch_many(bookmark_ids)
+    @response, @document_list = fetch(bookmark_ids)
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html { }
diff --git a/lib/blacklight/catalog.rb b/lib/blacklight/catalog.rb
index 0df291f959..f97167be16 100644
--- a/lib/blacklight/catalog.rb
+++ b/lib/blacklight/catalog.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def opensearch
     end
 
     def action_documents
-      fetch_many(params[:id])
+      fetch(Array(params[:id]))
     end
 
     def action_success_redirect_path
diff --git a/lib/blacklight/search_helper.rb b/lib/blacklight/search_helper.rb
index ff0af7acb0..9e6a9ba135 100644
--- a/lib/blacklight/search_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/blacklight/search_helper.rb
@@ -124,51 +124,20 @@ def query_solr(user_params = params || {}, extra_controller_params = {})
   # retrieve a document, given the doc id
   # @return [Blacklight::SolrResponse, Blacklight::SolrDocument] the solr response object and the first document
   def fetch(id=nil, extra_controller_params={})
-    if id.nil?
-      Deprecation.warn Blacklight::SearchHelper, "Calling #fetch without an explicit id argument is deprecated and will be removed in Blacklight 6.0"
-      id ||= params[:id]
-    end
-
-    old_solr_doc_params = Deprecation.silence(Blacklight::SearchHelper) do
-      solr_doc_params(id)
-    end
-
-    if default_solr_doc_params(id) != old_solr_doc_params
-      Deprecation.warn Blacklight::SearchHelper, "The #fetch method is deprecated. Instead, you should provide a custom SolrRepository implementation for the additional behavior you're offering. The current behavior will be removed in Blacklight 6.0"
-      extra_controller_params = extra_controller_params.merge(old_solr_doc_params)
+    if id.is_a? Array
+      fetch_many(id, params, extra_controller_params)
+    else
+      if id.nil?
+        Deprecation.warn Blacklight::SearchHelper, "Calling #fetch without an explicit id argument is deprecated and will be removed in Blacklight 6.0"
+        id ||= params[:id]
+      end
+      fetch_one(id, extra_controller_params)
     end
-
-    solr_response = repository.find id, extra_controller_params
-    [solr_response, solr_response.documents.first]
   end
 
   alias_method :get_solr_response_for_doc_id, :fetch
   deprecation_deprecate get_solr_response_for_doc_id: "use fetch(id) instead"
 
-  ##
-  # Retrieve a set of documents by id
-  # @overload fetch_many(ids, extra_controller_params)
-  # @overload fetch_many(ids, user_params, extra_controller_params)
-  def fetch_many(ids=[], *args)
-    if args.length == 1
-      user_params = params
-      extra_controller_params = args.first || {}
-    else
-      user_params, extra_controller_params = args
-      user_params ||= params
-      extra_controller_params ||= {}
-    end
-
-    query = search_builder.with(user_params).query(extra_controller_params.merge(solr_document_ids_params(ids)))
-    solr_response = repository.search(query)
-
-    [solr_response, solr_response.documents]
-  end
-
-  alias_method :get_solr_response_for_document_ids, :fetch_many
-  deprecation_deprecate get_solr_response_for_document_ids: "use fetch_many(ids) instead"
-
-
   # given a field name and array of values, get the matching SOLR documents
   # @return [Blacklight::SolrResponse, Array<Blacklight::SolrDocument>] the solr response object and a list of solr documents
   def get_solr_response_for_field_values(field, values, extra_controller_params = {})
@@ -286,22 +255,59 @@ def blacklight_solr
 
   private
 
-  ##
-  # @deprecated
-  def default_solr_doc_params(id=nil)
-    id ||= params[:id]
+    ##
+    # Retrieve a set of documents by id
+    # @overload fetch_many(ids, extra_controller_params)
+    # @overload fetch_many(ids, user_params, extra_controller_params)
+    def fetch_many(ids=[], *args)
+      if args.length == 1
+        Deprecation.warn(SearchHelper, "fetch_many with 2 arguments is deprecated")
+        user_params = params
+        extra_controller_params = args.first || {}
+      else
+        user_params, extra_controller_params = args
+        user_params ||= params
+        extra_controller_params ||= {}
+      end
+
+      query = search_builder.with(user_params).query(extra_controller_params.merge(solr_document_ids_params(ids)))
+      solr_response = repository.search(query)
+
+      [solr_response, solr_response.documents]
+    end
 
-    # add our document id to the document_unique_id_param query parameter
-    p = blacklight_config.default_document_solr_params.merge({
-      # this assumes the request handler will map the unique id param
-      # to the unique key field using either solr local params, the
-      # real-time get handler, etc.
-      blacklight_config.document_unique_id_param => id
-    })
+    alias_method :get_solr_response_for_document_ids, :fetch_many
+    deprecation_deprecate get_solr_response_for_document_ids: "use fetch(ids) instead"
 
-    p[:qt] ||= blacklight_config.document_solr_request_handler
+    def fetch_one(id, extra_controller_params)
+      old_solr_doc_params = Deprecation.silence(Blacklight::SearchHelper) do
+        solr_doc_params(id)
+      end
 
-    p
-  end
+      if default_solr_doc_params(id) != old_solr_doc_params
+        Deprecation.warn Blacklight::SearchHelper, "The #solr_doc_params method is deprecated. Instead, you should provide a custom SolrRepository implementation for the additional behavior you're offering. The current behavior will be removed in Blacklight 6.0"
+        extra_controller_params = extra_controller_params.merge(old_solr_doc_params)
+      end
 
+      solr_response = repository.find id, extra_controller_params
+      [solr_response, solr_response.documents.first]
+    end
+
+    ##
+    # @deprecated
+    def default_solr_doc_params(id=nil)
+      id ||= params[:id]
+
+      # add our document id to the document_unique_id_param query parameter
+      p = blacklight_config.default_document_solr_params.merge({
+        # this assumes the request handler will map the unique id param
+        # to the unique key field using either solr local params, the
+        # real-time get handler, etc.
+        blacklight_config.document_unique_id_param => id
+      })
+
+      p[:qt] ||= blacklight_config.document_solr_request_handler
+
+      p
+    end
 end