diff --git a/catalogue/search.pl b/catalogue/search.pl
index a162737303..2c172d5675 100755
--- a/catalogue/search.pl
+++ b/catalogue/search.pl
@@ -556,7 +556,8 @@ if ( $@ || $error ) {
 }
 
 my $hits = $results_hashref->{$server}->{"hits"} // 0;
-if ( $hits == 0 && $basic_search ) {
+if ( $hits == 0 && $basic_search && $operands[0] !~ /^\".*\"$/ ) {
+    my $og_query = $query_desc;
     $operands[0] = '"' . $operands[0] . '"';    #quote it
     ## I. BUILD THE QUERY
     (
@@ -585,6 +586,10 @@ if ( $hits == 0 && $basic_search ) {
     };
     my $quoted_hits = $quoted_results_hashref->{$server}->{"hits"} // 0;
     if ($quoted_hits) {
+        $template->param(
+            quoted_hits => 1,
+            og_query    => $og_query,
+        );
         $results_hashref->{$server} = $quoted_results_hashref->{$server};
         $hits = $quoted_hits;
     }
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/results.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/results.tt
index 2fa9cd06da..2e0e720bb9 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/results.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/results.tt
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
     <h1>Search results</h1>
 
     [% IF ( total ) %]
+        [% IF quoted_hits %]
+            <h4 class="info">
+                No result(s) found for your original query: [% og_query %]<br />
+                Your search was retried, quoted
+            </h4>
+        [% END %]
         <h3>
             [% total | html %] result(s) found
             [% IF ( query_desc ) %]for <span class="results_query_desc">'[% query_desc | html %]'</span>[% END %][% IF limit_desc %]