diff --git a/src/wallet/salvage.cpp b/src/wallet/salvage.cpp
index af57210f01c..c0755db7518 100644
--- a/src/wallet/salvage.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/salvage.cpp
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@ static const char *HEADER_END = "HEADER=END";
 static const char *DATA_END = "DATA=END";
 typedef std::pair<std::vector<unsigned char>, std::vector<unsigned char> > KeyValPair;
 
-bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path& file_path)
+bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path& file_path, bilingual_str& error, std::vector<bilingual_str>& warnings)
 {
     std::string filename;
     std::shared_ptr<BerkeleyEnvironment> env = GetWalletEnv(file_path, filename);
 
-    bilingual_str open_err;
-    if (!env->Open(open_err)) {
-        tfm::format(std::cerr, "%s\n", open_err.original);
+    if (!env->Open(error)) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -39,11 +37,9 @@ bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path& file_path)
 
     int result = env->dbenv->dbrename(nullptr, filename.c_str(), nullptr,
                                        newFilename.c_str(), DB_AUTO_COMMIT);
-    if (result == 0)
-        LogPrintf("Renamed %s to %s\n", filename, newFilename);
-    else
+    if (result != 0)
     {
-        LogPrintf("Failed to rename %s to %s\n", filename, newFilename);
+        error = strprintf(Untranslated("Failed to rename %s to %s"), filename, newFilename);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -60,10 +56,10 @@ bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path& file_path)
     Db db(env->dbenv.get(), 0);
     result = db.verify(newFilename.c_str(), nullptr, &strDump, DB_SALVAGE | DB_AGGRESSIVE);
     if (result == DB_VERIFY_BAD) {
-        LogPrintf("Salvage: Database salvage found errors, all data may not be recoverable.\n");
+        warnings.push_back(Untranslated("Salvage: Database salvage found errors, all data may not be recoverable."));
     }
     if (result != 0 && result != DB_VERIFY_BAD) {
-        LogPrintf("Salvage: Database salvage failed with result %d.\n", result);
+        error = strprintf(Untranslated("Salvage: Database salvage failed with result %d."), result);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -87,7 +83,7 @@ bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path& file_path)
                 break;
             getline(strDump, valueHex);
             if (valueHex == DATA_END) {
-                LogPrintf("Salvage: WARNING: Number of keys in data does not match number of values.\n");
+                warnings.push_back(Untranslated("Salvage: WARNING: Number of keys in data does not match number of values."));
                 break;
             }
             salvagedData.push_back(make_pair(ParseHex(keyHex), ParseHex(valueHex)));
@@ -96,7 +92,7 @@ bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path& file_path)
 
     bool fSuccess;
     if (keyHex != DATA_END) {
-        LogPrintf("Salvage: WARNING: Unexpected end of file while reading salvage output.\n");
+        warnings.push_back(Untranslated("Salvage: WARNING: Unexpected end of file while reading salvage output."));
         fSuccess = false;
     } else {
         fSuccess = (result == 0);
@@ -104,10 +100,9 @@ bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path& file_path)
 
     if (salvagedData.empty())
     {
-        LogPrintf("Salvage(aggressive) found no records in %s.\n", newFilename);
+        error = strprintf(Untranslated("Salvage(aggressive) found no records in %s."), newFilename);
         return false;
     }
-    LogPrintf("Salvage(aggressive) found %u records\n", salvagedData.size());
 
     std::unique_ptr<Db> pdbCopy = MakeUnique<Db>(env->dbenv.get(), 0);
     int ret = pdbCopy->open(nullptr,               // Txn pointer
@@ -117,7 +112,7 @@ bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path& file_path)
                             DB_CREATE,          // Flags
                             0);
     if (ret > 0) {
-        LogPrintf("Cannot create database file %s\n", filename);
+        error = strprintf(Untranslated("Cannot create database file %s"), filename);
         pdbCopy->close(0);
         return false;
     }
@@ -141,7 +136,7 @@ bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path& file_path)
         }
         if (!fReadOK)
         {
-            LogPrintf("WARNING: WalletBatch::Recover skipping %s: %s\n", strType, strErr);
+            warnings.push_back(strprintf(Untranslated("WARNING: WalletBatch::Recover skipping %s: %s"), strType, strErr));
             continue;
         }
         Dbt datKey(&row.first[0], row.first.size());
diff --git a/src/wallet/salvage.h b/src/wallet/salvage.h
index e361930f5ed..5a8538f9422 100644
--- a/src/wallet/salvage.h
+++ b/src/wallet/salvage.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <fs.h>
 #include <streams.h>
 
-bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path& file_path);
+struct bilingual_str;
+
+bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const fs::path& file_path, bilingual_str& error, std::vector<bilingual_str>& warnings);
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_WALLET_SALVAGE_H
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp b/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
index 1e699658e47..5cabefcbfc2 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallettool.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,18 @@ bool ExecuteWalletToolFunc(const std::string& command, const std::string& name)
             WalletShowInfo(wallet_instance.get());
             wallet_instance->Flush(true);
         } else if (command == "salvage") {
-            return RecoverDatabaseFile(path);
+            bilingual_str error;
+            std::vector<bilingual_str> warnings;
+            bool ret = RecoverDatabaseFile(path, error, warnings);
+            if (!ret) {
+                for (const auto warning : warnings) {
+                    tfm::format(std::cerr, "%s\n", warning.original);
+                }
+                if (!error.empty()) {
+                    tfm::format(std::cerr, "%s\n", error.original);
+                }
+            }
+            return ret;
         }
     } else {
         tfm::format(std::cerr, "Invalid command: %s\n", command);