diff --git a/openerp/models.py b/openerp/models.py
index c72bdd1a0ea..5f218362d5e 100644
--- a/openerp/models.py
+++ b/openerp/models.py
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ class BaseModel(object):
 
     @api.returns('self')
     def search(self, cr, user, args, offset=0, limit=None, order=None, context=None, count=False):
-        """ search(args[, offset=0][, limit=None][, order=None])
+        """ search(args[, offset=0][, limit=None][, order=None][, count=False])
 
         Searches for records based on the ``args``
         :ref:`search domain <reference/orm/domains>`.
@@ -1635,6 +1635,7 @@ class BaseModel(object):
         :param int offset: number of results to ignore (default: none)
         :param int limit: maximum number of records to return (default: all)
         :param str order: sort string
+        :param bool count: if True, only counts and returns the number of matching records (default: False)
         :returns: at most ``limit`` records matching the search criteria
 
         :raise AccessError: * if user tries to bypass access rules for read on the requested object.