diff --git a/src/rpcblockchain.cpp b/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
index dc3141f7f..e24f4f61f 100644
--- a/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
@@ -848,16 +848,20 @@ UniValue getchaintips(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             "\nResult:\n"
             "[\n"
             "  {\n"
-            "    \"height\": xxxx,         (numeric) height of the chain tip\n"
-            "    \"hash\": \"xxxx\",         (string) block hash of the tip\n"
-            "    \"branchlen\": 0          (numeric) zero for main chain\n"
-            "    \"status\": \"active\"      (string) \"active\" for the main chain\n"
+            "    \"height\": xxxx,             (numeric) height of the chain tip\n"
+            "    \"hash\": \"xxxx\",             (string) block hash of the tip\n"
+            "    \"difficulty\" : x.xxx,       (numeric) The difficulty\n"
+            "    \"chainwork\" : \"0000...1f3\"  (string) Expected number of hashes required to produce the current chain (in hex)\n"
+            "    \"branchlen\": 0              (numeric) zero for main chain\n"
+            "    \"status\": \"active\"          (string) \"active\" for the main chain\n"
             "  },\n"
             "  {\n"
             "    \"height\": xxxx,\n"
             "    \"hash\": \"xxxx\",\n"
-            "    \"branchlen\": 1          (numeric) length of branch connecting the tip to the main chain\n"
-            "    \"status\": \"xxxx\"        (string) status of the chain (active, valid-fork, valid-headers, headers-only, invalid)\n"
+            "    \"difficulty\" : x.xxx,\n"
+            "    \"chainwork\" : \"0000...1f3\"\n"
+            "    \"branchlen\": 1              (numeric) length of branch connecting the tip to the main chain\n"
+            "    \"status\": \"xxxx\"            (string) status of the chain (active, valid-fork, valid-headers, headers-only, invalid)\n"
             "  }\n"
             "]\n"
             "Possible values for status:\n"
@@ -911,6 +915,7 @@ UniValue getchaintips(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
         obj.push_back(Pair("height", block->nHeight));
         obj.push_back(Pair("hash", block->phashBlock->GetHex()));
         obj.push_back(Pair("difficulty", GetDifficulty(block)));
+        obj.push_back(Pair("chainwork", block->nChainWork.GetHex()));
         obj.push_back(Pair("branchlen", branchLen));
 
         string status;