diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/bip9-softforks.py b/qa/rpc-tests/bip9-softforks.py
index 98975e7193..e63343d352 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/bip9-softforks.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/bip9-softforks.py
@@ -79,11 +79,7 @@ class BIP9SoftForksTest(ComparisonTestFramework):
 
     def get_bip9_status(self, key):
         info = self.nodes[0].getblockchaininfo()
-        for row in info['bip9_softforks']:
-            if row['id'] == key:
-                return row
-        raise IndexError ('key:"%s" not found' % key)
-
+        return info['bip9_softforks'][key]
 
     def test_BIP(self, bipName, activated_version, invalidate, invalidatePostSignature):
         # generate some coins for later
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
index 19ee472609..3b08cd1384 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(object):
         except AssertionError as e:
             print("Assertion failed: "+ str(e))
             traceback.print_tb(sys.exc_info()[2])
+        except KeyError as e:
+            print("key not found: "+ str(e))
+            traceback.print_tb(sys.exc_info()[2])
         except Exception as e:
             print("Unexpected exception caught during testing: "+str(e))
             traceback.print_tb(sys.exc_info()[2])
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
index d9fe0f75f2..acb7f8a6b4 100644
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
@@ -548,7 +548,4 @@ def create_lots_of_big_transactions(node, txouts, utxos, fee):
 
 def get_bip9_status(node, key):
     info = node.getblockchaininfo()
-    for row in info['bip9_softforks']:
-        if row['id'] == key:
-            return row
-    raise IndexError ('key:"%s" not found' % key)
+    return info['bip9_softforks'][key]
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 34637b9f7e..7a01a10b7d 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -608,10 +608,9 @@ static UniValue SoftForkDesc(const std::string &name, int version, CBlockIndex*
     return rv;
 }
 
-static UniValue BIP9SoftForkDesc(const std::string& name, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams, Consensus::DeploymentPos id)
+static UniValue BIP9SoftForkDesc(const Consensus::Params& consensusParams, Consensus::DeploymentPos id)
 {
     UniValue rv(UniValue::VOBJ);
-    rv.push_back(Pair("id", name));
     const ThresholdState thresholdState = VersionBitsTipState(consensusParams, id);
     switch (thresholdState) {
     case THRESHOLD_DEFINED: rv.push_back(Pair("status", "defined")); break;
@@ -660,15 +659,14 @@ UniValue getblockchaininfo(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             "        \"reject\": { ... }      (object) progress toward rejecting pre-softfork blocks (same fields as \"enforce\")\n"
             "     }, ...\n"
             "  ],\n"
-            "  \"bip9_softforks\": [       (array) status of BIP9 softforks in progress\n"
-            "     {\n"
-            "        \"id\": \"xxxx\",        (string) name of the softfork\n"
+            "  \"bip9_softforks\": {          (object) status of BIP9 softforks in progress\n"
+            "     \"xxxx\" : {                (string) name of the softfork\n"
             "        \"status\": \"xxxx\",    (string) one of \"defined\", \"started\", \"lockedin\", \"active\", \"failed\"\n"
             "        \"bit\": xx,             (numeric) the bit, 0-28, in the block version field used to signal this soft fork\n"
             "        \"startTime\": xx,       (numeric) the minimum median time past of a block at which the bit gains its meaning\n"
             "        \"timeout\": xx          (numeric) the median time past of a block at which the deployment is considered failed if not yet locked in\n"
             "     }\n"
-            "  ]\n"
+            "  }\n"
             "}\n"
             "\nExamples:\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("getblockchaininfo", "")
@@ -691,11 +689,11 @@ UniValue getblockchaininfo(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     const Consensus::Params& consensusParams = Params().GetConsensus();
     CBlockIndex* tip = chainActive.Tip();
     UniValue softforks(UniValue::VARR);
-    UniValue bip9_softforks(UniValue::VARR);
+    UniValue bip9_softforks(UniValue::VOBJ);
     softforks.push_back(SoftForkDesc("bip34", 2, tip, consensusParams));
     softforks.push_back(SoftForkDesc("bip66", 3, tip, consensusParams));
     softforks.push_back(SoftForkDesc("bip65", 4, tip, consensusParams));
-    bip9_softforks.push_back(BIP9SoftForkDesc("csv", consensusParams, Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_CSV));
+    bip9_softforks.push_back(Pair("csv", BIP9SoftForkDesc(consensusParams, Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_CSV)));
     obj.push_back(Pair("softforks",             softforks));
     obj.push_back(Pair("bip9_softforks", bip9_softforks));