diff --git a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
index d7f24dfbef803ea1591b5ac75d75a09f2dfdeb58..ab1a1eb09c99399aed051ab1bfca2a58a0a7dcb9 100644
--- a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ def should_show_zoekt_results?(_scope, _search_type)
     false
   end
 
+  def blob_data_oversize_message
+    _('The file could not be displayed because it is empty.')
+  end
+
   private
 
   def formatted_count(scope)
diff --git a/app/views/search/results/_blob_data.html.haml b/app/views/search/results/_blob_data.html.haml
index 8d30c655180a36a9ee6f890ab51a74b3809cb8d7..c0d951516054578f4bd4f383c1d4a097014652cc 100644
--- a/app/views/search/results/_blob_data.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/search/results/_blob_data.html.haml
@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@
         .file-content.code
           .nothing-here-block
             .gl-text-subtle.gl-text-sm
-              - max_file_size_indexed = Gitlab::CurrentSettings.elasticsearch_indexed_file_size_limit_kb.kilobytes
-              = _('The file could not be displayed because it is empty or larger than the maximum file size indexed (%{size}).') % { size: number_to_human_size(max_file_size_indexed) }
+              = blob_data_oversize_message
diff --git a/ee/app/helpers/ee/search_helper.rb b/ee/app/helpers/ee/search_helper.rb
index 42ccdc114b096ba16fa141419ea3b2c4bfe1713b..0415e01ad9b00bd17e5715c2fbb592f930441c38 100644
--- a/ee/app/helpers/ee/search_helper.rb
+++ b/ee/app/helpers/ee/search_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
+
 module EE
   module SearchHelper
     extend ::Gitlab::Utils::Override
@@ -125,6 +126,17 @@ def should_show_zoekt_results?(scope, search_type)
       @group.present? || (@project.present? && @project.default_branch == repository_ref(@project)) || super
     end
 
+    override :blob_data_oversize_message
+    def blob_data_oversize_message
+      return super unless ::Gitlab::CurrentSettings.elasticsearch_search?
+
+      max_file_size_indexed = ::Gitlab::CurrentSettings.elasticsearch_indexed_file_size_limit_kb.kilobytes
+      format(
+        _('The file could not be displayed because it is empty or larger than the ' \
+          'maximum file size indexed (%{size}).'), size: number_to_human_size(max_file_size_indexed)
+      )
+    end
+
     private
 
     def recent_epics_autocomplete(term)
diff --git a/ee/spec/helpers/search_helper_spec.rb b/ee/spec/helpers/search_helper_spec.rb
index d191305c3e6484a13f072f01c1014492fd1c116a..711621ecba9c42bbfcb0d33670ea2f518f1eecf8 100644
--- a/ee/spec/helpers/search_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/helpers/search_helper_spec.rb
@@ -522,4 +522,31 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#blob_data_oversize_message' do
+    before do
+      stub_ee_application_setting(elasticsearch_indexed_file_size_limit_kb: 256)
+    end
+
+    context 'with elasticsearch enabled' do
+      before do
+        stub_ee_application_setting(elasticsearch_search: true)
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct message with maximum file size' do
+        expect(helper.blob_data_oversize_message).to eq('The file could not be ' \
+          'displayed because it is empty or larger than the maximum file size indexed (256 KiB).')
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with elasticsearch disabled' do
+      before do
+        stub_ee_application_setting(elasticsearch_search: false)
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct message with maximum file size' do
+        expect(helper.blob_data_oversize_message).to eq('The file could not be displayed because it is empty.')
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 6d4c2787d213023736697aa8a05ed7359da95a28..fb91a0863ee9433a8634083a22d4830459bc41ce 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -55940,6 +55940,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "The file could not be displayed because it is empty or larger than the maximum file size indexed (%{size})."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "The file could not be displayed because it is empty."
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "The file has been successfully created."
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/spec/helpers/search_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/search_helper_spec.rb
index 3bf6951c16d251320e238a91b4c3fcf1dd898ebb..20b8391ee1bf26352e29d8184143ce747c893b1c 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/search_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/search_helper_spec.rb
@@ -1457,4 +1457,10 @@ def simple_sanitize(str)
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#blob_data_oversize_message' do
+    it 'returns the correct message for empty files' do
+      expect(helper.blob_data_oversize_message).to eq('The file could not be displayed because it is empty.')
+    end
+  end
 end