diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9fd9a0c..dfd2a7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Update GitHub issue templates.
 
 ### Fixed
+- Fix theme text strings for `search_placeholder_text` and `results_found`. [#104](https://github.com/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic/issues/104)
 - Remove stray `console.log` from lunr-search-scripts [#105](https://github.com/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic/pull/105)
 - Add missing `/` in icon-gitlab.html. [#80](https://github.com/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic/pull/80)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85fe1e9..16084d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -351,6 +351,10 @@ t:
   skip_content: "Skip to content"
   skip_footer: "Skip to footer"
   menu: "Menu"
+  search: "Search"
+  site_search: "Site Search"
+  results_found: "Result(s) found"
+  search_placeholder_text: "Enter your search term..."
   home: "Home"
   newer: "Newer"
   older: "Older"
diff --git a/_includes/search-form.html b/_includes/search-form.html
index 0b4f9b9..3a169d2 100644
--- a/_includes/search-form.html
+++ b/_includes/search-form.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     {%- case search_provider -%}
       {%- when "lunr" -%}
         <label class="visually-hidden" for="search">{{ site.data.theme.t.site_search | default: 'Site Search' }}</label>
-        <input type="text" id="search" class="search-input" aria-describedby="results-count" tabindex="-1" placeholder="{{ site.data.theme.t.menu.search_placeholder_text | default: 'Enter your search term...' }}" />
+        <input type="text" id="search" class="search-input" aria-describedby="results-count" tabindex="-1" placeholder="{{ site.data.theme.t.search_placeholder_text | default: 'Enter your search term...' }}" />
         <div id="results" class="results"></div>
       {%- when "algolia" -%}
         <div tabindex="-1" class="search-searchbar"></div>
diff --git a/_includes/search/algolia-search-scripts.html b/_includes/search/algolia-search-scripts.html
index cda2cc4..6ccec86 100644
--- a/_includes/search/algolia-search-scripts.html
+++ b/_includes/search/algolia-search-scripts.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ search.addWidget(
   instantsearch.widgets.searchBox({
     container: '.search-searchbar',
     {% unless site.algolia.powered_by == false %}poweredBy: true,{% endunless %}
-    placeholder: '{{ site.data.theme.t.menu.search_placeholder_text | default: "Enter your search term..." }}'
+    placeholder: '{{ site.data.theme.t.search_placeholder_text | default: "Enter your search term..." }}'
   })
 );
 search.addWidget(
diff --git a/_includes/search/lunr-search-scripts.html b/_includes/search/lunr-search-scripts.html
index 2386f01..7314f9b 100644
--- a/_includes/search/lunr-search-scripts.html
+++ b/_includes/search/lunr-search-scripts.html
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             })
           });
         resultdiv.empty();
-        resultdiv.prepend('<p id="results-count" class="results-found">' + result.length + ' {{ site.data.theme.t.menu.results_found | default: "Result(s) found" }}</p>');
+        resultdiv.prepend('<p id="results-count" class="results-found">' + result.length + ' {{ site.data.theme.t.results_found | default: "Result(s) found" }}</p>');
         for (var item in result) {
           var ref = result[item].ref;
           var searchitem =