diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
index 57197d1ea..cef3690d1 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       <div *ngIf="selectionModel.items" class="items" #buttonItems>
         <ng-container *ngFor="let item of selectionModel.itemsSorted | filter: filterText; let i = index">
           <app-toggleable-dropdown-button
-            *ngIf="allowSelectNone || item.id" [item]="item" [state]="selectionModel.get(item.id)" [count]="getUpdatedDocumentCount(item.id)" (toggle)="selectionModel.toggle(item.id)" (exclude)="excludeClicked(item.id)" (click)="setButtonItemIndex(i)" [disabled]="disabled">
+            *ngIf="allowSelectNone || item.id" [item]="item" [hideCount]="hideCount(item)" [state]="selectionModel.get(item.id)" [count]="getUpdatedDocumentCount(item.id)" (toggle)="selectionModel.toggle(item.id)" (exclude)="excludeClicked(item.id)" (click)="setButtonItemIndex(i)" [disabled]="disabled">
           </app-toggleable-dropdown-button>
         </ng-container>
       </div>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
index b324ac6a0..79548aaf8 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { ToggleableItemState } from './toggleable-dropdown-button/toggleable-dro
 import { MatchingModel } from 'src/app/data/matching-model'
 import { Subject } from 'rxjs'
 import { SelectionDataItem } from 'src/app/services/rest/document.service'
+import { ObjectWithPermissions } from 'src/app/data/object-with-permissions'
 
 export interface ChangedItems {
   itemsToAdd: MatchingModel[]
@@ -552,4 +553,13 @@ export class FilterableDropdownComponent {
     // just track the index in case user uses arrows
     this.keyboardIndex = index
   }
+
+  hideCount(item: ObjectWithPermissions) {
+    // counts are pointless when clicking item would add to the set of docs
+    return (
+      this.selectionModel.logicalOperator === LogicalOperator.Or &&
+      this.manyToOne &&
+      this.selectionModel.get(item.id) !== ToggleableItemState.Selected
+    )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/toggleable-dropdown-button/toggleable-dropdown-button.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/toggleable-dropdown-button/toggleable-dropdown-button.component.html
index af935b0db..b67ae736c 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/toggleable-dropdown-button/toggleable-dropdown-button.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/toggleable-dropdown-button/toggleable-dropdown-button.component.html
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
     <app-tag *ngIf="isTag; else displayName" [tag]="item" [clickable]="false"></app-tag>
     <ng-template #displayName><small>{{item.name}}</small></ng-template>
   </div>
-  <div class="badge bg-light text-dark rounded-pill ms-auto me-1">{{count ?? item.document_count}}</div>
+  <div *ngIf="!hideCount" class="badge bg-light text-dark rounded-pill ms-auto me-1">{{count ?? item.document_count}}</div>
 </button>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/toggleable-dropdown-button/toggleable-dropdown-button.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/toggleable-dropdown-button/toggleable-dropdown-button.component.ts
index 32ec671b1..7eb6d1b26 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/toggleable-dropdown-button/toggleable-dropdown-button.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/toggleable-dropdown-button/toggleable-dropdown-button.component.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ export class ToggleableDropdownButtonComponent {
   @Input()
   disabled: boolean = false
 
+  @Input()
+  hideCount: boolean = false
+
   @Output()
   toggle = new EventEmitter()
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/services/document-list-view.service.ts b/src-ui/src/app/services/document-list-view.service.ts
index 906e36a0f..087cf5473 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/services/document-list-view.service.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/services/document-list-view.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
 import { ParamMap, Router } from '@angular/router'
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs'
+import { Observable, first } from 'rxjs'
 import {
   filterRulesDiffer,
   cloneFilterRules,
@@ -230,13 +230,21 @@ export class DocumentListViewService {
           activeListViewState.documents = result.results
 
           this.documentService
-            .getSelectionData(result.results.map((d) => d.id))
+            .listAllFilteredIds(activeListViewState.filterRules)
+            .pipe(first())
             .subscribe({
-              next: (selectionData) => {
-                this.selectionData = selectionData
-              },
-              error: () => {
-                this.selectionData = null
+              next: (ids: number[]) => {
+                this.documentService
+                  .getSelectionData(ids)
+                  .pipe(first())
+                  .subscribe({
+                    next: (selectionData) => {
+                      this.selectionData = selectionData
+                    },
+                    error: () => {
+                      this.selectionData = null
+                    },
+                  })
               },
             })
 
diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index ad2b5d0f6..f15fdd626 100644
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ class DocumentSerializer(OwnedObjectSerializer, DynamicFieldsModelSerializer):
 
     def to_representation(self, instance):
         doc = super().to_representation(instance)
-        if self.truncate_content:
+        if self.truncate_content and "content" in self.fields:
             doc["content"] = doc.get("content")[0:550]
         return doc