diff --git a/app/views/vehicles/_list.html.erb b/app/views/vehicles/_list.html.erb
index 2652286..10089c2 100644
--- a/app/views/vehicles/_list.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/vehicles/_list.html.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<% if @vehicles.present? %>
+
 <% @vehicles.each do |vehicle| %>
   <div class="row">
     <div class="span6 columns">
@@ -22,3 +24,7 @@
   <%= will_paginate @vehicles %>
   <%= button_to "New Vehicle", new_vehicle_path, method: :get %>       
 </div>
+
+<% else %>
+  <p>There are no vehicles containing the term(s) <%= params[:search] %>.</p>
+<% end %>