diff --git a/btcjson/chainsvrresults.go b/btcjson/chainsvrresults.go
index 02c3c63972..afe518aab5 100644
--- a/btcjson/chainsvrresults.go
+++ b/btcjson/chainsvrresults.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type GetBlockVerboseResult struct {
Bits string `json:"bits"`
Difficulty float64 `json:"difficulty"`
PreviousHash string `json:"previousblockhash"`
- NextHash string `json:"nextblockhash"`
+ NextHash string `json:"nextblockhash,omitempty"`
}
// CreateMultiSigResult models the data returned from the createmultisig
diff --git a/docs/json_rpc_api.md b/docs/json_rpc_api.md
index 2456c1d6ce..13f158f4b7 100644
--- a/docs/json_rpc_api.md
+++ b/docs/json_rpc_api.md
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ the method name for further details such as parameter and return information.
|Parameters|1. block hash (string, required) - the hash of the block
2. verbose (boolean, optional, default=true) - specifies the block is returned as a JSON object instead of hex-encoded string
3. verbosetx (boolean, optional, default=false) - specifies that each transaction is returned as a JSON object and only applies if the `verbose` flag is true.**This parameter is a btcd extension**|
|Description|Returns information about a block given its hash.|
|Returns (verbose=false)|`"data" (string) hex-encoded bytes of the serialized block`|
-|Returns (verbose=true, verbosetx=false)|`{ (json object)`
`"hash": "blockhash", (string) the hash of the block (same as provided)`
`"confirmations": n, (numeric) the number of confirmations`
`"size": n, (numeric) the size of the block`
`"height": n, (numeric) the height of the block in the block chain`
`"version": n, (numeric) the block version`
`"merkleroot": "hash", (string) root hash of the merkle tree`
`"tx": [ (json array of string) the transaction hashes`
`"transactionhash", (string) hash of the parent transaction`
`...`
`]`
`"time": n, (numeric) the block time in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT`
`"nonce": n, (numeric) the block nonce`
`"bits", n, (numeric) the bits which represent the block difficulty`
`difficulty: n.nn, (numeric) the proof-of-work difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty`
`"previousblockhash": "hash", (string) the hash of the previous block`
`"nextblockhash": "hash", (string) the hash of the next block`
`}`|
+|Returns (verbose=true, verbosetx=false)|`{ (json object)`
`"hash": "blockhash", (string) the hash of the block (same as provided)`
`"confirmations": n, (numeric) the number of confirmations`
`"size": n, (numeric) the size of the block`
`"height": n, (numeric) the height of the block in the block chain`
`"version": n, (numeric) the block version`
`"merkleroot": "hash", (string) root hash of the merkle tree`
`"tx": [ (json array of string) the transaction hashes`
`"transactionhash", (string) hash of the parent transaction`
`...`
`]`
`"time": n, (numeric) the block time in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT`
`"nonce": n, (numeric) the block nonce`
`"bits", n, (numeric) the bits which represent the block difficulty`
`difficulty: n.nn, (numeric) the proof-of-work difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty`
`"previousblockhash": "hash", (string) the hash of the previous block`
`"nextblockhash": "hash", (string) the hash of the next block (only if there is one)`
`}`|
|Returns (verbose=true, verbosetx=true)|`{ (json object)`
`"hash": "blockhash", (string) the hash of the block (same as provided)`
`"confirmations": n, (numeric) the number of confirmations`
`"size": n, (numeric) the size of the block`
`"height": n, (numeric) the height of the block in the block chain`
`"version": n, (numeric) the block version`
`"merkleroot": "hash", (string) root hash of the merkle tree`
`"rawtx": [ (array of json objects) the transactions as json objects`
`(see getrawtransaction json object details)`
`]`
`"time": n, (numeric) the block time in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT`
`"nonce": n, (numeric) the block nonce`
`"bits", n, (numeric) the bits which represent the block difficulty`
`difficulty: n.nn, (numeric) the proof-of-work difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty`
`"previousblockhash": "hash", (string) the hash of the previous block`
`"nextblockhash": "hash", (string) the hash of the next block`
`}`|
|Example Return (verbose=false)|`"010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000`
`3ba3edfd7a7b12b27ac72c3e67768f617fc81bc3888a51323a9fb8aa4b1e5e4a29ab5f49`
`ffff001d1dac2b7c01010000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000`
`00000000000000000000ffffffff4d04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f`
`4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f`
`6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73ffffffff0100f2052a01000000434104`
`678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f`
`4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5fac00000000"`
**Newlines added for display purposes. The actual return does not contain newlines.**|
|Example Return (verbose=true, verbosetx=false)|`{`
`"hash": "000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f",`
`"confirmations": 277113,`
`"size": 285,`
`"height": 0,`
`"version": 1,`
`"merkleroot": "4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b",`
`"tx": [`
`"4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b"`
`],`
`"time": 1231006505,`
`"nonce": 2083236893,`
`"bits": "1d00ffff",`
`"difficulty": 1,`
`"previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",`
`"nextblockhash": "00000000839a8e6886ab5951d76f411475428afc90947ee320161bbf18eb6048"`
`}`|
diff --git a/rpcserverhelp.go b/rpcserverhelp.go
index 3596cfd9f8..d2e59568ad 100644
--- a/rpcserverhelp.go
+++ b/rpcserverhelp.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ var helpDescsEnUS = map[string]string{
"getblockverboseresult-bits": "The bits which represent the block difficulty",
"getblockverboseresult-difficulty": "The proof-of-work difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty",
"getblockverboseresult-previousblockhash": "The hash of the previous block",
- "getblockverboseresult-nextblockhash": "The hash of the next block",
+ "getblockverboseresult-nextblockhash": "The hash of the next block (only if there is one)",
// GetBlockCountCmd help.
"getblockcount--synopsis": "Returns the number of blocks in the longest block chain.",