diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e85dfce1e..89d6bd427 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 - Fix shutdown operations when initializing np-api-server and setting minpeers/maxpeers, opening a wallet, or changing databases
 - Minor improvement to network recovery logic when running out of good node addresses
 - Fix NEP-5 contract detection causing an EventHub exception due to wrong ApplicationEngine initialization
+- Hide contract script in `search contract` output for easier reading of search results
 
 [0.9.1] 2019-09-16 
 ------------------
diff --git a/neo/Core/FunctionCode.py b/neo/Core/FunctionCode.py
index 0f73135cb..04eedd5c8 100644
--- a/neo/Core/FunctionCode.py
+++ b/neo/Core/FunctionCode.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def Serialize(self, writer):
         writer.WriteVarBytes(self.ParameterList)
         writer.WriteByte(self.ReturnType)
 
-    def ToJson(self):
+    def ToJson(self, verbose=True):
         """
         Convert object members to a dictionary that can be parsed as JSON.
 
@@ -98,9 +98,13 @@ def ToJson(self):
         """
         parameters = self.ParameterList.hex()
         paramlist = [ToName(ContractParameterType.FromString(parameters[i:i + 2]).value) for i in range(0, len(parameters), 2)]
+        if verbose:
+            return {
+                'hash': self.ScriptHash().To0xString(),
+                'script': self.Script.hex(),
+                'parameters': paramlist,
+                'returntype': ToName(self.ReturnType) if type(self.ReturnType) is int else ToName(int(self.ReturnType))
+            }
         return {
             'hash': self.ScriptHash().To0xString(),
-            'script': self.Script.hex(),
-            'parameters': paramlist,
-            'returntype': ToName(self.ReturnType) if type(self.ReturnType) is int else ToName(int(self.ReturnType))
         }
diff --git a/neo/Core/State/ContractState.py b/neo/Core/State/ContractState.py
index 273a24521..2201cf00f 100644
--- a/neo/Core/State/ContractState.py
+++ b/neo/Core/State/ContractState.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def DetermineIsNEP5(self):
             self._is_nep5 = True
         return self._is_nep5
 
-    def ToJson(self):
+    def ToJson(self, verbose=True):
         """
         Convert object members to a dictionary that can be parsed as JSON.
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def ToJson(self):
 
         jsn = {'version': self.StateVersion}
 
-        jsn_code = self.Code.ToJson()
+        jsn_code = self.Code.ToJson(verbose=verbose)
 
         jsn_contract = {
             'name': name,
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ def ToJson(self):
                 'payable': self.Payable
             }
         }
-
         jsn.update(jsn_code)
         jsn.update(jsn_contract)
 
diff --git a/neo/Prompt/Commands/Search.py b/neo/Prompt/Commands/Search.py
index 6953f085a..68f195b2e 100644
--- a/neo/Prompt/Commands/Search.py
+++ b/neo/Prompt/Commands/Search.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def execute(self, arguments):
             contracts = Blockchain.Default().SearchContracts(query=item)
             print("Found %s results for %s" % (len(contracts), item))
             for contract in contracts:
-                print(json.dumps(contract.ToJson(), indent=4))
+                print(json.dumps(contract.ToJson(verbose=False), indent=4))
             return contracts
         else:
             print("run `%s %s help` to see supported queries" % (CommandSearch().command_desc().command, self.command_desc().command))