diff --git a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_mysql.php b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_mysql.php
index 0be3a10e5f..29cdd8ee9a 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_mysql.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_mysql.php
@@ -919,6 +919,14 @@ class fulltext_mysql extends search_backend
 			<dt><label>' . $user->lang['FULLTEXT_MYSQL_MBSTRING'] . '</label><br /><span>' . $user->lang['FULLTEXT_MYSQL_MBSTRING_EXPLAIN'] . '</span></dt>
 			<dd>' . (($this->mbstring_regex) ? $user->lang['YES'] : $user->lang['NO']). '</dd>
 		</dl>
+		<dl>
+			<dt><label>' . $user->lang['MIN_SEARCH_CHARS'] . ':</label><br /><span>' . $user->lang['FULLTEXT_MYSQL_MIN_SEARCH_CHARS_EXPLAIN'] . '</span></dt>
+			<dd>' . $config['fulltext_mysql_min_word_len'] . '</dd>
+		</dl>
+		<dl>
+			<dt><label>' . $user->lang['MAX_SEARCH_CHARS'] . ':</label><br /><span>' . $user->lang['FULLTEXT_MYSQL_MAX_SEARCH_CHARS_EXPLAIN'] . '</span></dt>
+			<dd>' . $config['fulltext_mysql_max_word_len'] . '</dd>
+		</dl>
 		';
 
 		// These are fields required in the config table
diff --git a/phpBB/language/en/acp/search.php b/phpBB/language/en/acp/search.php
index 88eed9d948..a7d687d7c2 100644
--- a/phpBB/language/en/acp/search.php
+++ b/phpBB/language/en/acp/search.php
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 	'FULLTEXT_MYSQL_PCRE'					=> 'Support for non-latin UTF-8 characters using PCRE:',
 	'FULLTEXT_MYSQL_MBSTRING_EXPLAIN'		=> 'If PCRE does not have unicode character properties, the search backend will try to use mbstring’s regular expression engine.',
 	'FULLTEXT_MYSQL_PCRE_EXPLAIN'			=> 'This search backend requires PCRE unicode character properties, only available in PHP 4.4, 5.1 and above, if you want to search for non-latin characters.',
+	'FULLTEXT_MYSQL_MIN_SEARCH_CHARS_EXPLAIN'	=> 'Words with at least this many characters will be indexed for searching. You or your host can only change this setting by changing the mysql configuration.',
+	'FULLTEXT_MYSQL_MAX_SEARCH_CHARS_EXPLAIN'	=> 'Words with no more than this many characters will be indexed for searching. You or your host can only change this setting by changing the mysql configuration.',
 
 	'GENERAL_SEARCH_SETTINGS'				=> 'General search settings',
 	'GO_TO_SEARCH_INDEX'					=> 'Go to search index page',