diff --git a/src/gc.c b/src/gc.c
index dbb4617..3d2adc1 100644
--- a/src/gc.c
+++ b/src/gc.c
@@ -289,7 +289,9 @@ static void mark_object_recurse(LispGCStats *restrict stats, LispVal *val) {
     while (!OBJECT_PROCESS_STACK_EMPTY_P(&stack)) {
         LispVal *cur = object_process_stack_pop(&stack);
         if (!OBJECT_GC_SET_P(cur, GC_BLACK)) {
-            ++stats->objects_searched;
+            if (!OBJECT_STATIC_P(val)) {
+                ++stats->non_statics_kept;
+            }
             gc_move_to_set(cur, GC_BLACK);
             object_process_stack_push_held_objects(&stack, cur);
         }
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@ void lisp_gc_now(LispGCStats *restrict stats) {
         stats = &backup_stats;
     }
     stats->objects_cleaned = 0;
-    stats->objects_searched = 0;
+    stats->non_statics_kept = 0;
     struct timespec start_time;
     clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &start_time);
     mark_statics(stats);
@@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ void lisp_gc_now(LispGCStats *restrict stats) {
 }
 
 void debug_print_gc_stats(FILE *stream, const LispGCStats *stats) {
-    fprintf(stream, "Objects Searched: %zu\n", stats->objects_searched);
+    fprintf(stream, "Non-Statics Kept: %zu\n", stats->non_statics_kept);
     fprintf(stream, "Objects Cleaned: %zu\n", stats->objects_cleaned);
     double time = stats->ellapsed_time.tv_sec * 1000
                   + (stats->ellapsed_time.tv_nsec / 1000000.0);
diff --git a/src/gc.h b/src/gc.h
index cd99cd5..3136090 100644
--- a/src/gc.h
+++ b/src/gc.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ extern struct timespec total_gc_time;
 extern size_t total_gc_count;
 
 typedef struct {
-    size_t objects_searched;
+    size_t non_statics_kept;
     size_t objects_cleaned;
     struct timespec ellapsed_time;
 } LispGCStats;