diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -1287,14 +1287,11 @@
                 RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER,
                 "Descriptor is ranged, please specify the range");
         }
-        const UniValue &range = data["range"];
-        range_start = range.exists("start") ? range["start"].get_int64() : 0;
-        if (!range.exists("end")) {
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER,
-                               "End of range for descriptor must be specified");
-        }
-        range_end = range["end"].get_int64();
-        if (range_end < range_start || range_start < 0) {
+        auto range = ParseRange(data["range"]);
+        range_start = range.first;
+        range_end = range.second;
+        if (range_start < 0 || (range_end >> 31) != 0 ||
+            range_end - range_start >= 1000000) {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER,
                                "Invalid descriptor range specified");
         }
@@ -1589,18 +1586,11 @@
                               {"key", RPCArg::Type::STR,
                                RPCArg::Optional::OMITTED, ""},
                           }},
-                         {"range",
-                          RPCArg::Type::OBJ,
+                         {"range", RPCArg::Type::RANGE,
                           RPCArg::Optional::OMITTED,
                           "If a ranged descriptor is used, this specifies the "
-                          "start and end of the range to import",
-                          {
-                              {"start", RPCArg::Type::NUM,
-                               /* default */ "0",
-                               "Start of the range to import"},
-                              {"end", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO,
-                               "End of the range to import (inclusive)"},
-                          }},
+                          "end or the range (in the form [begin,end]) to "
+                          "import"},
                          {"internal", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,
                           /* default */ "false",
                           "Stating whether matching outputs should be treated "
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py b/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py
--- a/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@
                 'desc': descsum_create('pkh([80002067/0h/0h]' + xpub + '/*)'),
                 'keypool': True,
                 'timestamp': 'now',
-                'range': {'start': 0, 'end': 4}
+                'range': [0, 4],
             }]
         )
         self.log.info(result)