diff --git a/packages/app-tests/e2e/api/trpc/admin/admin-search.spec.ts b/packages/app-tests/e2e/api/trpc/admin/admin-search.spec.ts
index 5d253dff7..8c9c67296 100644
--- a/packages/app-tests/e2e/api/trpc/admin/admin-search.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tests/e2e/api/trpc/admin/admin-search.spec.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ test('[ADMIN][TRPC][SEARCH]: numeric query returns verified document and recipie
   expect(recipientGroup?.results).toHaveLength(1);
   expect(recipientGroup?.results[0].path).toBe(`/admin/documents/${document.id}`);
   expect(recipientGroup?.results[0].label).toBe(recipient.email);
+  expect(recipientGroup?.results[0].sublabel).toContain(`#${recipient.id}`);
 
   // Search by the full document_<id> secondary ID: exercises the prefix branch.
   const secondaryIdSearch = await callAdminSearch(page, document.secondaryId);
diff --git a/packages/lib/server-only/admin/admin-global-search.ts b/packages/lib/server-only/admin/admin-global-search.ts
index 514488a14..9b2673275 100644
--- a/packages/lib/server-only/admin/admin-global-search.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/server-only/admin/admin-global-search.ts
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ type RecipientRow = {
 
 const mapRecipient = (recipient: RecipientRow): AdminGlobalSearchResult => ({
   label: recipient.email,
-  sublabel: joinSublabel([recipient.name, `on "${recipient.envelope.title}"`]),
+  sublabel: joinSublabel([`#${recipient.id}`, recipient.name, `on "${recipient.envelope.title}"`]),
   path: `/admin/documents/${recipient.envelope.id}`,
   value: `recipient ${recipient.id} ${recipient.name} ${recipient.email} ${recipient.envelope.title}`,
 });