diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java
index ffe476366f7..3540daa255c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.search;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.StatusToXContent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilderString;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ public class ClearScrollResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXCont
 
     @Override
     public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.field(Fields.SUCCEEDED, succeeded);
+        builder.field(Fields.NUMFREED, numFreed);
         return builder;
     }
 
@@ -85,4 +87,10 @@ public class ClearScrollResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXCont
         out.writeBoolean(succeeded);
         out.writeVInt(numFreed);
     }
+
+    static final class Fields {
+        static final XContentBuilderString SUCCEEDED = new XContentBuilderString("succeeded");
+        static final XContentBuilderString NUMFREED = new XContentBuilderString("num_freed");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/SearchScrollIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/SearchScrollIT.java
index e4e7a69670b..4aeb4161fde 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/SearchScrollIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/scroll/SearchScrollIT.java
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.UncategorizedExecutionException;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.search.RestClearScrollAction;
@@ -294,6 +297,7 @@ public class SearchScrollIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
         assertThat(clearResponse.isSucceeded(), is(true));
         assertThat(clearResponse.getNumFreed(), greaterThan(0));
         assertThat(clearResponse.status(), equalTo(RestStatus.OK));
+        assertToXContentResponse(clearResponse, true, clearResponse.getNumFreed());
 
         assertThrows(client().prepareSearchScroll(searchResponse1.getScrollId()).setScroll(TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(2)), RestStatus.NOT_FOUND);
         assertThrows(client().prepareSearchScroll(searchResponse2.getScrollId()).setScroll(TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(2)), RestStatus.NOT_FOUND);
@@ -310,6 +314,7 @@ public class SearchScrollIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
         assertThat(response.isSucceeded(), is(true));
         assertThat(response.getNumFreed(), equalTo(0));
         assertThat(response.status(), equalTo(RestStatus.NOT_FOUND));
+        assertToXContentResponse(response, true, response.getNumFreed());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -404,6 +409,7 @@ public class SearchScrollIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
         assertThat(clearResponse.isSucceeded(), is(true));
         assertThat(clearResponse.getNumFreed(), greaterThan(0));
         assertThat(clearResponse.status(), equalTo(RestStatus.OK));
+        assertToXContentResponse(clearResponse, true, clearResponse.getNumFreed());
 
         assertThrows(internalCluster().transportClient().prepareSearchScroll(searchResponse1.getScrollId()).setScroll(TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(2)), RestStatus.NOT_FOUND);
         assertThrows(internalCluster().transportClient().prepareSearchScroll(searchResponse2.getScrollId()).setScroll(TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(2)), RestStatus.NOT_FOUND);
@@ -593,4 +599,19 @@ public class SearchScrollIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    private void assertToXContentResponse(ClearScrollResponse response, boolean succeed, int numFreed) throws IOException {
+        XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder();
+        builder.startObject();
+        response.toXContent(builder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+        builder.endObject();
+
+        BytesReference bytesReference = builder.bytes();
+        Map<String, Object> map;
+        try (XContentParser parser = XContentFactory.xContent(bytesReference).createParser(bytesReference)) {
+            map = parser.map();
+        }
+
+        assertThat(map.get("succeeded"), is(succeed));
+        assertThat(map.get("num_freed"), equalTo(numFreed));
+    }
 }