diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -2432,22 +2432,30 @@
         },
         RPCResult{
             "{\n"
+            "  \"success\": true|false,         (boolean) Whether the scan was "
+            "completed\n"
+            "  \"txouts\": n,                   (numeric) The number of "
+            "unspent transaction outputs scanned\n"
+            "  \"height\": n,                   (numeric) The current block "
+            "height (index)\n"
+            "  \"bestblock\": \"hex\",            (string) The hash of the "
+            "block at the tip of the chain\n"
             "  \"unspents\": [\n"
-            "    {\n"
-            "    \"txid\" : \"transactionid\",   (string) The transaction id\n"
-            "    \"vout\": n,                    (numeric) the vout value\n"
-            "    \"scriptPubKey\" : \"script\",  (string) the script key\n"
-            "    \"desc\" : \"descriptor\",      (string) A specialized "
+            "   {\n"
+            "    \"txid\": \"hash\",              (string) The transaction id\n"
+            "    \"vout\": n,                   (numeric) The vout value\n"
+            "    \"scriptPubKey\": \"script\",    (string) The script key\n"
+            "    \"desc\": \"descriptor\",        (string) A specialized "
             "descriptor for the matched scriptPubKey\n"
-            "    \"amount\" : x.xxx,             (numeric) The total amount "
+            "    \"amount\": x.xxx,             (numeric) The total amount "
             "in " +
             CURRENCY_UNIT +
             " of the unspent output\n"
-            "    \"height\" : n,                 (numeric) Height of the "
+            "    \"height\": n,                 (numeric) Height of the "
             "unspent transaction output\n"
             "   }\n"
-            "   ,...], \n"
-            " \"total_amount\" : x.xxx,          (numeric) The total amount of "
+            "   ,...],\n"
+            "  \"total_amount\": x.xxx,          (numeric) The total amount of "
             "all found unspent outputs in " +
             CURRENCY_UNIT +
             "\n"
@@ -2508,16 +2516,21 @@
         g_scan_progress = 0;
         int64_t count = 0;
         std::unique_ptr<CCoinsViewCursor> pcursor;
+        CBlockIndex *tip;
         {
             LOCK(cs_main);
             ::ChainstateActive().ForceFlushStateToDisk();
             pcursor = std::unique_ptr<CCoinsViewCursor>(pcoinsdbview->Cursor());
             assert(pcursor);
+            tip = ::ChainActive().Tip();
+            assert(tip);
         }
         bool res = FindScriptPubKey(g_scan_progress, g_should_abort_scan, count,
                                     pcursor.get(), needles, coins);
         result.pushKV("success", res);
-        result.pushKV("searched_items", count);
+        result.pushKV("txouts", count);
+        result.pushKV("height", tip->nHeight);
+        result.pushKV("bestblock", tip->GetBlockHash().GetHex());
 
         for (const auto &it : coins) {
             const COutPoint &outpoint = it.first;
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py b/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py
--- a/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@
         self.start_node(0)
         self.nodes[0].generate(110)
 
+        scan = self.nodes[0].scantxoutset("start", [])
+        info = self.nodes[0].gettxoutsetinfo()
+        assert_equal(scan['success'], True)
+        assert_equal(scan['height'], info['height'])
+        assert_equal(scan['txouts'], info['txouts'])
+        assert_equal(scan['bestblock'], info['bestblock'])
+
         self.restart_node(0, ['-nowallet'])
         self.log.info("Test if we have found the non HD unspent outputs.")
         assert_equal(self.nodes[0].scantxoutset(