diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 787c90d091..11f47c84e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ All notable changes to `src-cli` are documented in this file.
 ### Changed
 
 ### Fixed
+- `src search -stream` displayed the number of lines that contain matches instead of the number of matches.
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/cmd/src/format.go b/cmd/src/format.go
index 8ad63edc1f..af36ee157b 100644
--- a/cmd/src/format.go
+++ b/cmd/src/format.go
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ func parseTemplate(text string) (*template.Template, error) {
 		"streamSearchHighlightCommit":      streamSearchTemplateFuncs["streamSearchHighlightCommit"],
 		"streamSearchRenderCommitLabel":    streamSearchTemplateFuncs["streamSearchRenderCommitLabel"],
 		"matchOrMatches":                   streamSearchTemplateFuncs["matchOrMatches"],
+		"countMatches":                     streamSearchTemplateFuncs["countMatches"],
 
 		// Alert rendering
 		"searchAlertRender": func(alert searchResultsAlert) string {
diff --git a/cmd/src/search_stream.go b/cmd/src/search_stream.go
index 1a06b46372..825c225854 100644
--- a/cmd/src/search_stream.go
+++ b/cmd/src/search_stream.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ const streamingTemplate = `
 	{{- color "search-repository"}}{{.Repository}}{{color "nc" -}}
 	{{- " › " -}}
 	{{- color "search-filename"}}{{.Path}}{{color "nc" -}}
-	{{- color "success"}}{{matchOrMatches (len .LineMatches)}}{{color "nc" -}}
+	{{- color "success"}}{{matchOrMatches (countMatches .LineMatches)}}{{color "nc" -}}
 	{{- "\n" -}}
 	{{- color "search-border"}}{{"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"}}{{color "nc"}}
 	
@@ -375,6 +375,14 @@ var streamSearchTemplateFuncs = map[string]interface{}{
 		}
 		return fmt.Sprintf(" (%d matches)", i)
 	},
+
+	"countMatches": func(lineMatches []streaming.EventLineMatch) int {
+		count := 0
+		for _, l := range lineMatches {
+			count += len(l.OffsetAndLengths)
+		}
+		return count
+	},
 }
 
 func streamSearchHighlightDiffPreview(diffPreview string, highlights []highlight) string {
diff --git a/cmd/src/search_stream_test.go b/cmd/src/search_stream_test.go
index be1887d5c8..e053dd8db4 100644
--- a/cmd/src/search_stream_test.go
+++ b/cmd/src/search_stream_test.go
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ var event = []streaming.EventMatch{
 		Version:    "",
 		LineMatches: []streaming.EventLineMatch{
 			{
-				Line:             "foo bar",
+				Line:             "foo bar foo",
 				LineNumber:       4,
-				OffsetAndLengths: [][2]int32{{4, 3}},
+				OffsetAndLengths: [][2]int32{{0, 3}, {8, 3}},
 			},
 		},
 	},
diff --git a/cmd/src/testdata/streaming_search_want.json b/cmd/src/testdata/streaming_search_want.json
index 8404bb99b8..86936f2909 100755
--- a/cmd/src/testdata/streaming_search_want.json
+++ b/cmd/src/testdata/streaming_search_want.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{"type":"content","name":"path/to/file","repository":"org/repo","lineMatches":[{"line":"foo bar","lineNumber":4,"offsetAndLengths":[[4,3]]}]}
+{"type":"content","name":"path/to/file","repository":"org/repo","lineMatches":[{"line":"foo bar foo","lineNumber":4,"offsetAndLengths":[[0,3],[8,3]]}]}
 {"type":"repo","repository":"sourcegraph/sourcegraph"}
 {"type":"symbol","name":"path/to/file","repository":"org/repo","symbols":[{"url":"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/-/blob/cmd/frontend/graphqlbackend/search_results.go#L1591:26-1591:35","name":"doResults","containerName":"","kind":"FUNCTION"},{"url":"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/-/blob/cmd/frontend/graphqlbackend/search_results.go#L1591:26-1591:35","name":"Results","containerName":"SearchResultsResolver","kind":"FIELD"}]}
 {"type":"commit","icon":"","label":"[sourcegraph/sourcegraph-atom](/github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph-atom) › [Stephen Gutekanst](/github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph-atom/-/commit/5b098d7fed963d88e23057ed99d73d3c7a33ad89): [all: release v1.0.5](/github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph-atom/-/commit/5b098d7fed963d88e23057ed99d73d3c7a33ad89)^","url":"","detail":"","content":"```COMMIT_EDITMSG\nfoo bar\n```","ranges":[[1,3,3]]}
diff --git a/cmd/src/testdata/streaming_search_want.txt b/cmd/src/testdata/streaming_search_want.txt
index 422c14b4ab..9045928b92 100644
--- a/cmd/src/testdata/streaming_search_want.txt
+++ b/cmd/src/testdata/streaming_search_want.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-org/repo › path/to/file (1 match)
+org/repo › path/to/file (2 matches)
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-       5 |  foo bar
+       5 |  foo bar foo
 
 sourcegraph/sourcegraph (http://127.0.0.1:55128/sourcegraph/sourcegraph) (1 match)
 org/repo › path/to/file (2 matches)