diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/org/eclipse/cdt/core/search/DOMSearchUtil.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/org/eclipse/cdt/core/search/DOMSearchUtil.java
index f0a9ebc4721..204293cf8c2 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/org/eclipse/cdt/core/search/DOMSearchUtil.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/search/org/eclipse/cdt/core/search/DOMSearchUtil.java
@@ -337,7 +337,8 @@ public class DOMSearchUtil {
 	
 	private static IASTName[] getNames(IASTTranslationUnit tu, IBinding binding, LimitTo limitTo) {
         IASTName[] names = null;
-		if (limitTo == ICSearchConstants.DECLARATIONS) {
+		if (limitTo == ICSearchConstants.DECLARATIONS ||
+			limitTo == ICSearchConstants.DECLARATIONS_DEFINITIONS) {
             names = tu.getDeclarations(binding);
         } else if (limitTo == ICSearchConstants.REFERENCES) {
             names = tu.getReferences(binding);
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/CSearchPage.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/CSearchPage.java
index a787ec9c76a..84f7c625d2e 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/CSearchPage.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/CSearchPage.java
@@ -513,8 +513,19 @@ public class CSearchPage extends DialogPage implements ISearchPage, ICSearchCons
 			String text;
 			try {
 				text= reader.readLine();
-				if (text == null)
+				if (text == null){
 					text= ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
+				} else {
+					//The user has selected something - we don't want to "redo" too much of the selection
+					//but we need to ensure that it has the maximum chance of matching something in the index.
+					//So we need to: i) get rid of any semi-colons if there are any
+					
+					int indexSemi = text.indexOf(';');
+					//Check to see if there are any semi-colons in the selected string, if there are select up to the semi colon
+					if (indexSemi != -1){
+						text = text.substring(0, indexSemi);
+					}
+				}
 			} catch (IOException ex) {
 				text= ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
 			}