diff --git a/cmd/krew/cmd/search.go b/cmd/krew/cmd/search.go
index d4b10a91..12a4dfba 100644
--- a/cmd/krew/cmd/search.go
+++ b/cmd/krew/cmd/search.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type searchItem struct {
 type searchCorpus []searchItem
 
 func (s searchCorpus) descriptions() []string {
-	var res = make([]string, len(s))
+	res := make([]string, 0, len(s))
 	for _, corpus := range s {
 		res = append(res, corpus.description)
 	}
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (s searchCorpus) descriptions() []string {
 }
 
 func (s searchCorpus) names() []string {
-	var res = make([]string, len(s))
+	res := make([]string, 0, len(s))
 	for _, corpus := range s {
 		res = append(res, corpus.name)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/krew/cmd/search_test.go b/cmd/krew/cmd/search_test.go
index 00797c92..bb4a3c7b 100644
--- a/cmd/krew/cmd/search_test.go
+++ b/cmd/krew/cmd/search_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ func Test_searchByNameAndDesc(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: []string{"baz"},
 		},
+		{
+			keyword: "",
+			names:   []string{"plugin1", "plugin2", "plugin3"}, // empty keyword, only names match
+			descs: []string{
+				"Description for plugin1",
+				"Description for plugin2",
+				"Description for plugin3",
+			},
+			expected: []string{"plugin1", "plugin2", "plugin3"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tp := range testPlugins {