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diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index ac2e0ff4ee..b3b9d8af09 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
// Copyright (c) 2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
@@ -66,17 +66,21 @@ static UniValue getrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
{
if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 1 || request.params.size() > 3)
throw std::runtime_error(
- RPCHelpMan{"getrawtransaction",
+ RPCHelpMan{
+ "getrawtransaction",
+ "\nReturn the raw transaction data.\n"
+
"\nBy default this function only works for mempool transactions. When called with a blockhash\n"
"argument, getrawtransaction will return the transaction if the specified block is available and\n"
"the transaction is found in that block. When called without a blockhash argument, getrawtransaction\n"
"will return the transaction if it is in the mempool, or if -txindex is enabled and the transaction\n"
"is in a block in the blockchain.\n"
- "\nReturn the raw transaction data.\n"
- "\nIf verbose is 'true', returns an Object with information about 'txid'.\n"
- "If verbose is 'false' or omitted, returns a string that is serialized, hex-encoded data for 'txid'.\n"
- ,
+ "\nHint: use getmempoolentry to fetch a specific transaction from the mempool.\n"
+ "Or use gettransaction for wallet transactions.\n"
+
+ "\nIf verbose is 'true', returns an Object with information about 'txid'.\n"
+ "If verbose is 'false' or omitted, returns a string that is serialized, hex-encoded data for 'txid'.\n",
{
{"txid", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, /* opt */ false, /* default_val */ "", "The transaction id"},
{"verbose", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* opt */ true, /* default_val */ "false", "If false, return a string, otherwise return a json object"},