diff --git a/src/common/errors/errors.ml b/src/common/errors/errors.ml
index ada628b280d..3143b6653e7 100644
--- a/src/common/errors/errors.ml
+++ b/src/common/errors/errors.ml
@@ -737,21 +737,25 @@ module Json_output = struct
     let f = json_of_error_with_context ~strip_root ~stdin_file in
     Hh_json.JSON_Array (List.map f (ErrorSet.elements errors))
 
-  let print_errors
-      ~out_channel
-      ~strip_root ?(pretty=false) ?(profiling=None) ?(stdin_file=None)
-      el =
+  let full_status_json_of_errors ~strip_root ?(profiling=None) ?(stdin_file=None) errors =
     let open Hh_json in
 
     let props = [
       "flowVersion", JSON_String FlowConfig.version;
-      "errors", json_of_errors_with_context ~strip_root ~stdin_file el;
-      "passed", JSON_Bool (ErrorSet.is_empty el);
+      "errors", json_of_errors_with_context ~strip_root ~stdin_file errors;
+      "passed", JSON_Bool (ErrorSet.is_empty errors);
     ] in
     let props = match profiling with
     | None -> props
     | Some profiling -> props @ Profiling_js.to_json_properties profiling in
-    let res = JSON_Object props in
+    JSON_Object props
+
+  let print_errors
+      ~out_channel
+      ~strip_root ?(pretty=false) ?(profiling=None) ?(stdin_file=None)
+      el =
+    let open Hh_json in
+    let res = full_status_json_of_errors ~strip_root ~profiling ~stdin_file el in
     output_string out_channel (json_to_string ~pretty res);
     flush out_channel
 end
diff --git a/src/common/errors/errors.mli b/src/common/errors/errors.mli
index b10743651a2..3a539c8ed4a 100644
--- a/src/common/errors/errors.mli
+++ b/src/common/errors/errors.mli
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ module Json_output : sig
     ErrorSet.t ->
     Hh_json.json
 
+  val full_status_json_of_errors :
+    strip_root: Path.t option ->
+    ?profiling:Profiling_js.t option ->
+    ?stdin_file:stdin_file ->
+    ErrorSet.t ->
+    Hh_json.json
+
   val print_errors:
     out_channel:out_channel ->
     strip_root: Path.t option ->