diff --git a/docs/plugins.md b/docs/plugins.md
index 00da722c8..bca83191b 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.md
+++ b/docs/plugins.md
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ By default, the hyperlink on the current page is recognized and the content is s
       // You can provide a regexp to match prefixes. In this case,
       // the matching substring will be used to identify the index
       pathNamespaces: /^(\/(zh-cn|ru-ru))?(\/(v1|v2))?/,
+
+      // Show where each result comes from (default: 'none')
+      // 'page': the page title, e.g. "Guide"
+      // 'breadcrumb': the sidebar path, e.g. "Basics › Guide"
+      resultSource: 'none',
     },
   };
 </script>
diff --git a/src/plugins/search/component.js b/src/plugins/search/component.js
index 59c012d5d..07e9a91b9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/search/component.js
+++ b/src/plugins/search/component.js
@@ -3,6 +3,126 @@ import cssText from './style.css';
 import { escapeHtml } from '../../core/render/utils.js';
 
 let NO_DATA_TEXT = '';
+let RESULT_SOURCE = 'none';
+
+// Strip emoji (pictographs, flags, variation selectors, ZWJ, keycaps) from
+// sidebar labels and page titles so source labels stay plain text.
+function stripEmoji(text) {
+  return (text || '')
+    .replace(
+      /(?:[\uD83C-\uD83E][\uDC00-\uDFFF])|[\u2600-\u27BF\u2B00-\u2BFF]|\uFE0E|\uFE0F|\u200D|\u20E3/g,
+      '',
+    )
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+    .trim();
+}
+
+// User-authored links may contain malformed percent-encoding, on which
+// decodeURIComponent() throws.
+function safeDecode(uri) {
+  try {
+    return decodeURIComponent(uri);
+  } catch {
+    return uri;
+  }
+}
+
+function findSidebarLink(url) {
+  const base = safeDecode((url || '').split('?')[0]);
+
+  return Docsify.dom
+    .findAll('.sidebar-nav a')
+    .find(
+      a => safeDecode((a.getAttribute('href') || '').split('?')[0]) === base,
+    );
+}
+
+// Label of a sidebar list item: its own text or link text, without the text
+// of the nested list of children.
+function groupLabel(li) {
+  for (const node of li.childNodes) {
+    if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE && node.textContent.trim()) {
+      return node.textContent.trim();
+    }
+
+    if (node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+      if (node.tagName === 'UL') {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      const text = node.textContent.trim();
+
+      if (text) {
+        return text;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return '';
+}
+
+// Walk the sidebar tree from the link matching the result URL up to the
+// root, collecting section labels along the way.
+function getBreadcrumb(url) {
+  const link = findSidebarLink(url);
+
+  if (!link) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const parts = [link.textContent.trim()];
+  let li = link.closest('li');
+
+  while (li) {
+    const parentLi = li.parentElement ? li.parentElement.closest('li') : null;
+
+    if (parentLi) {
+      const label = groupLabel(parentLi);
+
+      if (label) {
+        parts.unshift(label);
+      }
+    }
+
+    li = parentLi;
+  }
+
+  return parts;
+}
+
+function resultSourceHtml(post) {
+  if (RESULT_SOURCE === 'breadcrumb') {
+    const parts = getBreadcrumb(post.url);
+
+    if (parts && parts.length) {
+      const crumbs = parts
+        .map((part, i) => {
+          const label = escapeHtml(stripEmoji(part));
+          // The page itself (last segment) stands out from its sections.
+          return i === parts.length - 1 ? `<strong>${label}</strong>` : label;
+        })
+        .join(' › ');
+
+      return /* html */ `<p class="search-breadcrumb clamp-1">${crumbs}</p>`;
+    }
+
+    // The page is not in the sidebar: fall back to its page title.
+    return post.page
+      ? /* html */ `<p class="search-breadcrumb clamp-1"><strong>${stripEmoji(post.page)}</strong></p>`
+      : '';
+  }
+
+  if (RESULT_SOURCE === 'page') {
+    // Skip the label when the matched title is the page title itself.
+    const page = post.page && post.page !== post.title ? post.page : '';
+
+    return page
+      ? /* html */ `<p class="search-breadcrumb clamp-1"><strong>${stripEmoji(page)}</strong></p>`
+      : '';
+  }
+
+  return '';
+}
 
 function tpl(vm, defaultValue = '') {
   const { insertAfter, insertBefore } = vm.config?.search || {};
@@ -59,6 +179,7 @@ function doSearch(value) {
         <a href="${post.url}" title="${title}">
           <p class="title clamp-1">${post.title}</p>
           <p class="content clamp-2">${content}</p>
+          ${resultSourceHtml(post)}
         </a>
       </div>
     `;
@@ -141,6 +262,7 @@ export function init(opts, vm) {
 
   const keywords = vm.router.parse().query.s || '';
 
+  RESULT_SOURCE = opts.resultSource || RESULT_SOURCE;
   Docsify.dom.style(cssText);
   tpl(vm, escapeHtml(keywords));
   bindEvents();
@@ -148,6 +270,7 @@ export function init(opts, vm) {
 }
 
 export function update(opts, vm) {
+  RESULT_SOURCE = opts.resultSource || RESULT_SOURCE;
   updatePlaceholder(opts.placeholder, vm.route.path);
   updateNoData(opts.noData, vm.route.path);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/search/index.js b/src/plugins/search/index.js
index f6ef34df0..6b1ac0b32 100644
--- a/src/plugins/search/index.js
+++ b/src/plugins/search/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { init as initSearch } from './search.js';
  *   keyBindings: string[];
  *   insertAfter?: string;
  *   insertBefore?: string;
+ *   resultSource?: 'none' | 'page' | 'breadcrumb';
  * }} */
 const CONFIG = {
   placeholder: 'Type to search',
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ const CONFIG = {
   keyBindings: ['/', 'meta+k', 'ctrl+k'],
   insertAfter: undefined, // CSS selector
   insertBefore: undefined, // CSS selector
+  resultSource: 'none', // 'none' | 'page' | 'breadcrumb'
 };
 
 const install = function (hook, vm) {
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ const install = function (hook, vm) {
     CONFIG.namespace = opts.namespace || CONFIG.namespace;
     CONFIG.pathNamespaces = opts.pathNamespaces || CONFIG.pathNamespaces;
     CONFIG.keyBindings = opts.keyBindings || CONFIG.keyBindings;
+    CONFIG.resultSource = opts.resultSource || CONFIG.resultSource;
   }
 
   const isAuto = CONFIG.paths === 'auto';
diff --git a/src/plugins/search/search.js b/src/plugins/search/search.js
index eb6f4d618..a30f67b74 100644
--- a/src/plugins/search/search.js
+++ b/src/plugins/search/search.js
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ export function genIndex(path, content = '', router, depth, indexKey) {
   const index = {};
   let slug;
   let title = '';
+  let pageTitle = '';
 
   tokens.forEach((token, tokenIndex) => {
     if (token.type === 'heading' && token.depth <= depth) {
@@ -244,6 +245,10 @@ export function genIndex(path, content = '', router, depth, indexKey) {
         title = removeAtag(title.trim());
       }
 
+      if (!pageTitle && title) {
+        pageTitle = title;
+      }
+
       index[slug] = {
         slug,
         title: title,
@@ -292,6 +297,13 @@ export function genIndex(path, content = '', router, depth, indexKey) {
     }
   });
   slugify.clear();
+
+  // Let every entry know which page it belongs to, so search results can
+  // show the page title next to matched section titles.
+  Object.values(index).forEach(item => {
+    item.pageTitle = pageTitle;
+  });
+
   return index;
 }
 
@@ -368,11 +380,15 @@ export function search(query) {
       });
 
       if (matchesScore > 0) {
+        const postPageTitle = post.pageTitle && post.pageTitle.trim();
         const matchingPost = {
           title: handlePostTitle,
           content: postContent ? resultStr : '',
           url: postUrl,
           score: matchesScore,
+          page: postPageTitle
+            ? escapeHtml(ignoreDiacriticalMarks(postPageTitle))
+            : '',
         };
 
         matchingResults.push(matchingPost);
diff --git a/src/plugins/search/style.css b/src/plugins/search/style.css
index 163bb87b1..408d6bc69 100644
--- a/src/plugins/search/style.css
+++ b/src/plugins/search/style.css
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@
   font-size: var(--font-size-s);
 }
 
+.search .matching-post .search-breadcrumb {
+  margin: 0.35em 0 0 0;
+  color: var(--color-mono-7);
+  font-size: var(--font-size-s);
+  text-align: right;
+}
+
 .search .results-status {
   margin-bottom: 0;
   color: var(--color-mono-6);
diff --git a/test/e2e/search.test.js b/test/e2e/search.test.js
index c36c0a181..0344f0a21 100644
--- a/test/e2e/search.test.js
+++ b/test/e2e/search.test.js
@@ -36,6 +36,110 @@ test.describe('Search Plugin Tests', () => {
     await expect(resultsHeadingElm).toHaveText('Test Page');
   });
 
+  test.describe('resultSource option', () => {
+    const markdown = {
+      homepage: `
+        # Hello World
+
+        This is the homepage.
+      `,
+      sidebar: `
+        - Guides 📚
+          - [Test Page 🚀](test)
+      `,
+    };
+    const routes = {
+      '/test.md': `
+        # Test Page 🧪
+
+        This is a custom route.
+
+        ## Deep Section
+
+        Content about volcanoes.
+      `,
+    };
+
+    test('shows nothing by default', async ({ page }) => {
+      const docsifyInitConfig = {
+        markdown,
+        routes,
+        scriptURLs: ['/dist/plugins/search.js'],
+      };
+
+      const searchFieldElm = page.locator('input[type=search]');
+      const resultsHeadingElm = page.locator('.results-panel .title');
+      const resultsPageElm = page.locator('.results-panel .search-breadcrumb');
+
+      await docsifyInit(docsifyInitConfig);
+
+      await searchFieldElm.fill('volcanoes');
+      await expect(resultsHeadingElm).toHaveText('Deep Section');
+      await expect(resultsPageElm).toHaveCount(0);
+    });
+
+    test('page mode shows page title for section matches', async ({ page }) => {
+      const docsifyInitConfig = {
+        config: {
+          search: {
+            resultSource: 'page',
+          },
+        },
+        markdown,
+        routes,
+        scriptURLs: ['/dist/plugins/search.js'],
+      };
+
+      const searchFieldElm = page.locator('input[type=search]');
+      const resultsHeadingElm = page.locator('.results-panel .title');
+      const resultsPageElm = page.locator('.results-panel .search-breadcrumb');
+
+      await docsifyInit(docsifyInitConfig);
+
+      // A match inside a section shows which page it comes from,
+      // with emoji stripped from the page title.
+      await searchFieldElm.fill('volcanoes');
+      await expect(resultsHeadingElm).toHaveText('Deep Section');
+      await expect(resultsPageElm).toHaveText('Test Page');
+
+      // A match on the page title itself does not repeat the page title.
+      await page.click('.clear-button');
+      await searchFieldElm.fill('custom route');
+      await expect(resultsHeadingElm).toHaveText('Test Page 🧪');
+      await expect(resultsPageElm).toHaveCount(0);
+    });
+
+    test('breadcrumb mode shows sidebar path to the page', async ({ page }) => {
+      const docsifyInitConfig = {
+        config: {
+          search: {
+            resultSource: 'breadcrumb',
+          },
+        },
+        markdown,
+        routes,
+        scriptURLs: ['/dist/plugins/search.js'],
+      };
+
+      const searchFieldElm = page.locator('input[type=search]');
+      const resultsHeadingElm = page.locator('.results-panel .title');
+      const resultsPageElm = page.locator('.results-panel .search-breadcrumb');
+
+      await docsifyInit(docsifyInitConfig);
+
+      // Emoji from sidebar labels are stripped from the breadcrumb.
+      await searchFieldElm.fill('volcanoes');
+      await expect(resultsHeadingElm).toHaveText('Deep Section');
+      await expect(resultsPageElm).toHaveText('Guides › Test Page');
+
+      // A page absent from the sidebar falls back to its page title.
+      await page.click('.clear-button');
+      await searchFieldElm.fill('homepage');
+      await expect(resultsHeadingElm).toHaveText('Hello World');
+      await expect(resultsPageElm).toHaveText('Hello World');
+    });
+  });
+
   test('search ignore title', async ({ page }) => {
     const docsifyInitConfig = {
       markdown: {