diff --git a/plugins/search-common/api-report.md b/plugins/search-common/api-report.md
index 6befd6d1ca..bd5a56c5cc 100644
--- a/plugins/search-common/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/search-common/api-report.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export type QueryRequestOptions = {
 export type QueryTranslator = (query: SearchQuery) => unknown;
 
 // @beta (undocumented)
-export interface Result<TDocument> {
+export interface Result<TDocument extends SearchDocument> {
   // (undocumented)
   document: TDocument;
   // (undocumented)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export interface Result<TDocument> {
 }
 
 // @beta (undocumented)
-export interface ResultSet<TDocument> {
+export interface ResultSet<TDocument extends SearchDocument> {
   // (undocumented)
   nextPageCursor?: string;
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/search-common/src/types.ts b/plugins/search-common/src/types.ts
index cf385cfa64..21aed101f6 100644
--- a/plugins/search-common/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-common/src/types.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export interface SearchQuery {
 /**
  * @beta
  */
-export interface Result<TDocument> {
+export interface Result<TDocument extends SearchDocument> {
   type: string;
   document: TDocument;
 }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export interface Result<TDocument> {
 /**
  * @beta
  */
-export interface ResultSet<TDocument> {
+export interface ResultSet<TDocument extends SearchDocument> {
   results: Result<TDocument>[];
   nextPageCursor?: string;
   previousPageCursor?: string;