diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ci/job_details/components/job_log_top_bar.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/ci/job_details/components/job_log_top_bar.vue
index 97ceb5ab71ae96f368d78cc60b9e6f88cfe928af..dac4afc090aeb59a672d336b41b12b6b82260b6d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ci/job_details/components/job_log_top_bar.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ci/job_details/components/job_log_top_bar.vue
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { scrollToElement, backOff } from '~/lib/utils/common_utils';
 import { numberToHumanSize } from '~/lib/utils/number_utils';
 import { s__, sprintf } from '~/locale';
 import { compactJobLog } from '~/ci/job_details/utils';
-import HelpPopover from '~/vue_shared/components/help_popover.vue';
 import glFeatureFlagMixin from '~/vue_shared/mixins/gl_feature_flags_mixin';
 
 export default {
@@ -13,12 +12,8 @@ export default {
     scrollToTopButtonLabel: s__('Job|Scroll to top'),
     scrollToNextFailureButtonLabel: s__('Job|Scroll to next failure'),
     showRawButtonLabel: s__('Job|Show complete raw'),
-    searchPlaceholder: s__('Job|Search job log'),
+    searchPlaceholder: s__('Job|Search visible log output'),
     noResults: s__('Job|No search results found'),
-    searchPopoverTitle: s__('Job|Job log search'),
-    searchPopoverDescription: s__(
-      'Job|Search for substrings in your job log output. Currently search is only supported for the visible job log output, not for any log output that is truncated due to size.',
-    ),
     logLineNumberNotFound: s__('Job|We could not find this element'),
     enterFullscreen: s__('Job|Show full screen'),
     exitFullScreen: s__('Job|Exit full screen'),
@@ -29,7 +24,6 @@ export default {
     GlButton,
     GlSearchBoxByClick,
     GlSprintf,
-    HelpPopover,
   },
   directives: {
     GlTooltip: GlTooltipDirective,
@@ -200,7 +194,7 @@ export default {
           v-if="rawPath && isComplete && logViewerPath"
           :message="
             s__(
-              'Job|%{rawLinkStart}View raw%{rawLinkEnd} or %{fullLinkStart}view full log%{fullLinkEnd}.',
+              'Job|%{rawLinkStart}View raw%{rawLinkEnd} or %{fullLinkStart}full log%{fullLinkEnd}.',
             )
           "
         >
@@ -221,21 +215,12 @@ export default {
 
       <gl-search-box-by-click
         v-model="searchTerm"
-        class="gl-mr-3 gl-flex-nowrap"
+        class="gl-mr-3 gl-w-30 gl-flex-nowrap"
         :placeholder="$options.i18n.searchPlaceholder"
         data-testid="job-log-search-box"
         @clear="$emit('searchResults', [])"
         @submit="searchJobLog"
       />
-
-      <help-popover class="gl-mr-3">
-        <template #title>{{ $options.i18n.searchPopoverTitle }}</template>
-
-        <p class="gl-mb-0">
-          {{ $options.i18n.searchPopoverDescription }}
-        </p>
-      </help-popover>
-
       <!-- links -->
       <gl-button
         v-if="rawPath"
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 83ca6ecf30676750676418eb2554fdbfece6e180..d514c825f8ea2f476e571744a76e075a07e0320f 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -30705,7 +30705,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Job|%{boldStart}Pipeline%{boldEnd} %{id} for %{mrId} with %{source} into %{target}"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Job|%{rawLinkStart}View raw%{rawLinkEnd} or %{fullLinkStart}view full log%{fullLinkEnd}."
+msgid "Job|%{rawLinkStart}View raw%{rawLinkEnd} or %{fullLinkStart}full log%{fullLinkEnd}."
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Job|%{searchLength} results found for %{searchTerm}"
@@ -30768,9 +30768,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Job|Job has been erased by %{userLink}"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Job|Job log search"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Job|Keep"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -30819,10 +30816,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Job|Scroll to top"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Job|Search for substrings in your job log output. Currently search is only supported for the visible job log output, not for any log output that is truncated due to size."
-msgstr ""
-
-msgid "Job|Search job log"
+msgid "Job|Search visible log output"
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Job|Show complete raw"
diff --git a/spec/frontend/ci/job_details/components/job_log_top_bar_spec.js b/spec/frontend/ci/job_details/components/job_log_top_bar_spec.js
index 40e68e0103d28f815ef55777d2954321e40d7462..ef5a7fcda54c78fd5e8eec3c810ebb7de8eb66bc 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/ci/job_details/components/job_log_top_bar_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/ci/job_details/components/job_log_top_bar_spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { GlLink, GlSearchBoxByClick } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils';
 import JobLogTopBar from '~/ci/job_details/components/job_log_top_bar.vue';
-import HelpPopover from '~/vue_shared/components/help_popover.vue';
 import { backoffMockImplementation } from 'helpers/backoff_helper';
 import * as commonUtils from '~/lib/utils/common_utils';
 import { mockJobLog } from 'jest/ci/jobs_mock_data';
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ describe('JobLogTopBar', () => {
   const findScrollTop = () => wrapper.find('[data-testid="job-top-bar-scroll-top"]');
   const findScrollBottom = () => wrapper.find('[data-testid="job-top-bar-scroll-bottom"]');
   const findJobLogSearch = () => wrapper.findComponent(GlSearchBoxByClick);
-  const findSearchHelp = () => wrapper.findComponent(HelpPopover);
   const findScrollFailure = () => wrapper.find('[data-testid="job-top-bar-scroll-to-failure"]');
   const findShowFullScreenButton = () =>
     wrapper.find('[data-testid="job-top-bar-enter-fullscreen"]');
@@ -310,7 +308,6 @@ describe('JobLogTopBar', () => {
 
     it('displays job log search', () => {
       expect(findJobLogSearch().exists()).toBe(true);
-      expect(findSearchHelp().exists()).toBe(true);
     });
 
     it('emits search results', () => {