diff --git a/beetsplug/discogs.py b/beetsplug/discogs.py
index 1852f300f..187a30e4e 100644
--- a/beetsplug/discogs.py
+++ b/beetsplug/discogs.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class DiscogsPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
                 "separator": ", ",
                 "index_tracks": False,
                 "append_style_genre": False,
+                "search_limit": 5,
             }
         )
         self.config["apikey"].redact = True
@@ -257,8 +258,8 @@ class DiscogsPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
             )
             if track_result:
                 candidates.append(track_result)
-        # first 10 results, don't overwhelm with options
-        return candidates[:10]
+
+        return candidates
 
     def album_for_id(self, album_id):
         """Fetches an album by its Discogs ID and returns an AlbumInfo object
@@ -303,8 +304,9 @@ class DiscogsPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
         query = re.sub(r"(?i)\b(CD|disc|vinyl)\s*\d+", "", query)
 
         try:
-            releases = self.discogs_client.search(query, type="release").page(1)
-
+            results = self.discogs_client.search(query, type="release")
+            results.per_page = self.config["search_limit"].as_number()
+            releases = results.page(1)
         except CONNECTION_ERRORS:
             self._log.debug(
                 "Communication error while searching for {0!r}",
@@ -312,9 +314,7 @@ class DiscogsPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
                 exc_info=True,
             )
             return []
-        return [
-            album for album in map(self.get_album_info, releases[:5]) if album
-        ]
+        return map(self.get_album_info, releases)
 
     def get_master_year(self, master_id):
         """Fetches a master release given its Discogs ID and returns its year
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 3370f5396..ebb9880a9 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ New features:
   :bug:`4605`
 * :doc:`plugins/web`: Show notifications when a track plays. This uses the
   Media Session API to customize media notifications.
+* :doc:`plugins/discogs`: Add configurable ``search_limit`` option to
+  limit the number of results returned by the Discogs metadata search queries.
 
 Bug fixes:
 
diff --git a/docs/plugins/discogs.rst b/docs/plugins/discogs.rst
index ac67f2d0a..c8df12a41 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/discogs.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/discogs.rst
@@ -101,11 +101,20 @@ This option is useful when importing classical music.
 
 Other configurations available under ``discogs:`` are:
 
-- **append_style_genre**: Appends the Discogs style (if found) to the genre tag. This can be useful if you want more granular genres to categorize your music.
-  For example, a release in Discogs might have a genre of "Electronic" and a style of "Techno": enabling this setting would set the genre to be "Electronic, Techno" (assuming default separator of ``", "``) instead of just "Electronic".
+- **append_style_genre**: Appends the Discogs style (if found) to the genre
+  tag. This can be useful if you want more granular genres to categorize your
+  music. For example, a release in Discogs might have a genre of "Electronic"
+  and a style of "Techno": enabling this setting would set the genre to be
+  "Electronic, Techno" (assuming default separator of ``", "``) instead of just
+  "Electronic".
   Default: ``False``
-- **separator**: How to join multiple genre and style values from Discogs into a string.
+- **separator**: How to join multiple genre and style values from Discogs into
+  a string.
   Default: ``", "``
+- **search_limit**: The maximum number of results to return from Discogs. This is
+  useful if you want to limit the number of results returned to speed up
+  searches.
+  Default: ``5``
 
 
 Troubleshooting