Extra explanation for getchaintips

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/rpcblockchain.cpp b/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
index 045cd90ef6..924f416904 100644
--- a/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
@@ -505,6 +505,12 @@ Value getchaintips(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
             "    \"status\": \"xxxx\"        (string) status of the chain (active, valid-fork, valid-headers, headers-only, invalid)\n"
             "  }\n"
             "]\n"
+            "Possible values for status:\n"
+            "1.  \"invalid\"               This branch contains at least one invalid block\n"
+            "2.  \"headers-only\"          Not all blocks for this branch are available, but the headers are valid\n"
+            "3.  \"valid-headers\"         All blocks are available for this branch, but they were never fully validated\n"
+            "4.  \"valid-fork\"            This branch is not part of the active chain, but is fully validated\n"
+            "5.  \"active\"                This is the tip of the active main chain, which is certainly valid\n"
             "\nExamples:\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("getchaintips", "")
             + HelpExampleRpc("getchaintips", "")