more less ...skipping... when searching

When I search a file in less or more, it will remove lines and replace them with "skipping". Does anyone know what causes this and/or how to avoid it? After I '/' search a log file using either more or less, I see this: crw-rw-rw- 1 root staff 40, 0 Oct 27 2013 fscsi0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root staff 40, 1 Oct 27 2013 fscsi1 brw-rw---- 1 root system 10, 9 Oct 27 2013 hd1 ...skipping... crw-rw-rwT 1 root system 38, 7 Oct 27 2013 vhost7 crw-rw-rwT 1 root system 38, 8 Oct 27 2013 vhost8 crw-rw-rwT 1 root system 38, 9 Oct 27 2013 vhost9 crw------- 1 root system 12, 0 Oct 27 2013 vio0 crw------- 1 root system 20, 0 Apr 5 00:53 vty0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 256 Oct 15 2008 xti crw-rw-rw- 1 root system 2, 3 Oct 27 2013 zero ...skipping... crw-rw-rwT 1 root system 38, 7 Oct 27 2013 vhost7 crw-rw-rwT 1 root system 38, 8 Oct 27 2013 vhost8 crw-rw-rwT 1 root system 38, 9 Oct 27 2013 vhost9