diff --git a/extensions/search-result/src/extension.ts b/extensions/search-result/src/extension.ts
index e24e3f54f92..6bc5a573c95 100644
--- a/extensions/search-result/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/search-result/src/extension.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import * as pathUtils from 'path';
 
 const FILE_LINE_REGEX = /^(\S.*):$/;
 const RESULT_LINE_REGEX = /^(\s+)(\d+)(:| )(\s+)(.*)$/;
-const ELISION_REGEX = /\.{3}\(\u200b([0-9]+) characters skipped\u200b\)\.{3}/g;
+const ELISION_REGEX = /⟪ ([0-9]+) characters skipped ⟫/g;
 const SEARCH_RESULT_SELECTOR = { language: 'search-result', exclusive: true };
 const DIRECTIVES = ['# Query:', '# Flags:', '# Including:', '# Excluding:', '# ContextLines:'];
 const FLAGS = ['RegExp', 'CaseSensitive', 'IgnoreExcludeSettings', 'WordMatch'];
diff --git a/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/generateTMLanguage.js b/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/generateTMLanguage.js
index fb74d3696ef..c0170e514f9 100644
--- a/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/generateTMLanguage.js
+++ b/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/generateTMLanguage.js
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ const scopes = {
 			meta: 'meta.resultLine.search',
 			metaSingleLine: 'meta.resultLine.singleLine.search',
 			metaMultiLine: 'meta.resultLine.multiLine.search',
+			elision: 'comment meta.resultLine.elision',
 			prefix: {
 				meta: 'constant.numeric.integer meta.resultLinePrefix.search',
 				metaContext: 'meta.resultLinePrefix.contextLinePrefix.search',
@@ -220,6 +221,10 @@ const plainText = [
 			'4': { name: [scopes.resultBlock.result.prefix.meta, scopes.resultBlock.result.prefix.metaContext].join(' ') },
 			'5': { name: scopes.resultBlock.result.prefix.lineNumber },
 		}
+	},
+	{
+		match: '⟪ [0-9]+ characters skipped ⟫',
+		name: [scopes.resultBlock.meta, scopes.resultBlock.result.elision].join(' '),
 	}
 ];
 
diff --git a/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/searchResult.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/searchResult.tmLanguage.json
index e2687fe8a72..e319191c41f 100644
--- a/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/searchResult.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/search-result/syntaxes/searchResult.tmLanguage.json
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@
           "name": "meta.resultLinePrefix.lineNumber.search"
         }
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "match": "⟪ [0-9]+ characters skipped ⟫",
+      "name": "meta.resultBlock.search comment meta.resultLine.elision"
     }
   ],
   "repository": {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/common/search.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/common/search.ts
index b0155dae3fc..cfa4b7f2b06 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/common/search.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/common/search.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export const SEARCH_EXCLUDE_CONFIG = 'search.exclude';
 
 // Warning: this pattern is used in the search editor to detect offsets. If you
 // change this, also change the search-result built-in extension
-const SEARCH_ELIDED_PREFIX = '...(\u200b';
-const SEARCH_ELIDED_SUFFIX = ' characters skipped\u200b)...';
+const SEARCH_ELIDED_PREFIX = '⟪ ';
+const SEARCH_ELIDED_SUFFIX = ' characters skipped ⟫';
 const SEARCH_ELIDED_MIN_LEN = (SEARCH_ELIDED_PREFIX.length + SEARCH_ELIDED_SUFFIX.length + 5) * 2;
 
 export const ISearchService = createDecorator<ISearchService>('searchService');
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/common/search.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/common/search.test.ts
index 55310a25f7e..0eecae8c6df 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/common/search.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/common/search.test.ts
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ suite('TextSearchResult', () => {
 		const range2 = new SearchRange(5, 133, 5, 136);
 		const range3 = new SearchRange(5, 141, 5, 144);
 		const result = new TextSearchMatch('foo bar 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 foo bar baz bar', [range1, range2, range3], previewOptions);
-		assert.deepEqual(result.preview.matches, [new SearchRange(0, 4, 0, 7), new SearchRange(0, 48, 0, 51), new SearchRange(0, 56, 0, 59)]);
-		assert.equal(result.preview.text, 'foo bar 123456...(\u200b117 characters skipped\u200b)...o bar baz bar');
+		assert.deepEqual(result.preview.matches, [new SearchRange(0, 4, 0, 7), new SearchRange(0, 42, 0, 45), new SearchRange(0, 50, 0, 53)]);
+		assert.equal(result.preview.text, 'foo bar 123456⟪ 117 characters skipped ⟫o bar baz bar');
 	});
 
 	// test('all lines of multiline match', () => {