diff --git a/docs/rpc.md b/docs/rpc.md
index 5b3e687d87..73b5b0a0be 100644
--- a/docs/rpc.md
+++ b/docs/rpc.md
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ enabled in the server's protocol configuration.
 ##### `getnep11transfers` and `getnep17transfers`
 `transfernotifyindex` is not tracked by NeoGo, thus this field is always zero.
 
+##### `verifyProof`
+
+NeoGo can generate an error in response to an invalid proof, unlike
+the error-free C# implementation.
+
 ### Unsupported methods
 
 Methods listed below are not going to be supported for various reasons
diff --git a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
index cfc5df5321..86c4f3dc39 100644
--- a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
+++ b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
@@ -1531,9 +1531,10 @@ func (s *Server) verifyProof(ps params.Params) (any, *neorpc.Error) {
 	}
 	vp := new(result.VerifyProof)
 	val, ok := mpt.VerifyProof(root, p.Key, p.Proof)
-	if ok {
-		vp.Value = val
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, neorpc.ErrInvalidProof
 	}
+	vp.Value = val
 	return vp, nil
 }