diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/utils/courier_inspector_utils.js b/src/ui/public/courier/utils/courier_inspector_utils.js
index 30b845e27bc565..55b52ad3a4cac5 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/courier/utils/courier_inspector_utils.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/utils/courier_inspector_utils.js
@@ -54,10 +54,15 @@ function getResponseInspectorStats(searchSource, resp) {
   }
 
   if (resp && resp.hits) {
-    stats.Hits = {
+    stats['Hits (total)'] = {
       value: `${resp.hits.total}`,
       description: 'The number of documents that match the query.',
     };
+
+    stats.Hits = {
+      value: `${resp.hits.hits.length}`,
+      description: 'The number of documents returned by the query.',
+    };
   }
 
   if (lastRequest && (lastRequest.ms === 0 || lastRequest.ms)) {
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_inspector.js b/test/functional/apps/discover/_inspector.js
index 5ca2497ef84e48..7f29e96a2f8e20 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_inspector.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_inspector.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const STATS_ROW_VALUE_INDEX = 1;
   function getHitCount(requestStats) {
     const hitsCountStatsRow = requestStats.find((statsRow) => {
-      return statsRow[STATS_ROW_NAME_INDEX] === 'Hits';
+      return statsRow[STATS_ROW_NAME_INDEX] === 'Hits (total)';
     });
     return hitsCountStatsRow[STATS_ROW_VALUE_INDEX];
   }