diff --git a/src/wallet/salvage.h b/src/wallet/salvage.h
--- a/src/wallet/salvage.h
+++ b/src/wallet/salvage.h
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #include <fs.h>
 #include <streams.h>
 
-bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path &file_path);
+struct bilingual_str;
+
+bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path &file_path, bilingual_str &error,
+                         std::vector<bilingual_str> &warnings);
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_WALLET_SALVAGE_H
diff --git a/src/wallet/salvage.cpp b/src/wallet/salvage.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/salvage.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/salvage.cpp
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
 static const char *DATA_END = "DATA=END";
 typedef std::pair<std::vector<uint8_t>, std::vector<uint8_t>> KeyValPair;
 
-bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path &file_path) {
+bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path &file_path, bilingual_str &error,
+                         std::vector<bilingual_str> &warnings) {
     std::string filename;
     std::shared_ptr<BerkeleyEnvironment> env =
         GetWalletEnv(file_path, filename);
 
-    bilingual_str open_err;
-    if (!env->Open(open_err)) {
-        tfm::format(std::cerr, "%s\n", open_err.original);
+    if (!env->Open(error)) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -40,10 +39,9 @@
 
     int result = env->dbenv->dbrename(nullptr, filename.c_str(), nullptr,
                                       newFilename.c_str(), DB_AUTO_COMMIT);
-    if (result == 0) {
-        LogPrintf("Renamed %s to %s\n", filename, newFilename);
-    } else {
-        LogPrintf("Failed to rename %s to %s\n", filename, newFilename);
+    if (result != 0) {
+        error = strprintf(Untranslated("Failed to rename %s to %s"), filename,
+                          newFilename);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -62,11 +60,14 @@
     result = db.verify(newFilename.c_str(), nullptr, &strDump,
                        DB_SALVAGE | DB_AGGRESSIVE);
     if (result == DB_VERIFY_BAD) {
-        LogPrintf("Salvage: Database salvage found errors, all data may not be "
-                  "recoverable.\n");
+        warnings.push_back(
+            Untranslated("Salvage: Database salvage found errors, all data may "
+                         "not be recoverable."));
     }
     if (result != 0 && result != DB_VERIFY_BAD) {
-        LogPrintf("Salvage: Database salvage failed with result %d.\n", result);
+        error = strprintf(
+            Untranslated("Salvage: Database salvage failed with result %d."),
+            result);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -92,8 +93,9 @@
             }
             getline(strDump, valueHex);
             if (valueHex == DATA_END) {
-                LogPrintf("Salvage: WARNING: Number of keys in data does not "
-                          "match number of values.\n");
+                warnings.push_back(
+                    Untranslated("Salvage: WARNING: Number of keys in data "
+                                 "does not match number of values."));
                 break;
             }
             salvagedData.push_back(
@@ -103,18 +105,19 @@
 
     bool fSuccess;
     if (keyHex != DATA_END) {
-        LogPrintf("Salvage: WARNING: Unexpected end of file while reading "
-                  "salvage output.\n");
+        warnings.push_back(Untranslated("Salvage: WARNING: Unexpected end of "
+                                        "file while reading salvage output."));
         fSuccess = false;
     } else {
         fSuccess = (result == 0);
     }
 
     if (salvagedData.empty()) {
-        LogPrintf("Salvage(aggressive) found no records in %s.\n", newFilename);
+        error = strprintf(
+            Untranslated("Salvage(aggressive) found no records in %s."),
+            newFilename);
         return false;
     }
-    LogPrintf("Salvage(aggressive) found %u records\n", salvagedData.size());
 
     std::unique_ptr<Db> pdbCopy = std::make_unique<Db>(env->dbenv.get(), 0);
     int ret = pdbCopy->open(nullptr,          // Txn pointer
@@ -124,7 +127,8 @@
                             DB_CREATE,        // Flags
                             0);
     if (ret > 0) {
-        LogPrintf("Cannot create database file %s\n", filename);
+        error =
+            strprintf(Untranslated("Cannot create database file %s"), filename);
         pdbCopy->close(0);
         return false;
     }
@@ -148,8 +152,9 @@
             continue;
         }
         if (!fReadOK) {
-            LogPrintf("WARNING: WalletBatch::Recover skipping %s: %s\n",
-                      strType, strErr);
+            warnings.push_back(strprintf(
+                Untranslated("WARNING: WalletBatch::Recover skipping %s: %s"),
+                strType, strErr));
             continue;
         }
         Dbt datKey(&row.first[0], row.first.size());
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp b/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,18 @@
             WalletShowInfo(wallet_instance.get());
             wallet_instance->Flush(true);
         } else if (command == "salvage") {
-            return RecoverDatabaseFile(path);
+            bilingual_str error;
+            std::vector<bilingual_str> warnings;
+            bool ret = RecoverDatabaseFile(path, error, warnings);
+            if (!ret) {
+                for (const auto &warning : warnings) {
+                    tfm::format(std::cerr, "%s\n", warning.original);
+                }
+                if (!error.empty()) {
+                    tfm::format(std::cerr, "%s\n", error.original);
+                }
+            }
+            return ret;
         }
     } else {
         tfm::format(std::cerr, "Invalid command: %s\n", command);