diff --git a/java/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutAction.java b/java/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutAction.java
index 6df61a35b..c6a69f58d 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutAction.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutAction.java
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.concat;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getFirst;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Multimaps.filterKeys;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Sets.difference;
+import static com.google.common.net.MediaType.PLAIN_TEXT_UTF_8;
 import static google.registry.model.registry.Registries.getTldsOfType;
 import static google.registry.model.registry.Registry.TldType.REAL;
 import static google.registry.model.registry.Registry.TldType.TEST;
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 
 import com.google.appengine.api.taskqueue.Queue;
+import com.google.appengine.api.taskqueue.TaskHandle;
 import com.google.appengine.api.taskqueue.TaskOptions;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableListMultimap;
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ import google.registry.request.Action;
 import google.registry.request.Parameter;
 import google.registry.request.ParameterMap;
 import google.registry.request.RequestParameters;
+import google.registry.request.Response;
 import google.registry.util.TaskEnqueuer;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ public final class TldFanoutAction implements Runnable {
   private static final Random random = new Random();
 
   @Inject TaskEnqueuer taskEnqueuer;
+  @Inject Response response;
   @Inject @Parameter(ENDPOINT_PARAM) String endpoint;
   @Inject @Parameter(QUEUE_PARAM) String queue;
   @Inject @Parameter(FOR_EACH_REAL_TLD_PARAM) boolean forEachRealTld;
@@ -105,15 +109,26 @@ public final class TldFanoutAction implements Runnable {
 
   @Override
   public void run() {
-    Set<String> namespaces = ImmutableSet.copyOf(concat(
-        runInEmpty ? ImmutableSet.of("") : ImmutableSet.<String>of(),
-        forEachRealTld ? getTldsOfType(REAL) : ImmutableSet.<String>of(),
-        forEachTestTld ? getTldsOfType(TEST) : ImmutableSet.<String>of()));
+    Set<String> tlds =
+        difference(
+            ImmutableSet.copyOf(
+                concat(
+                    runInEmpty ? ImmutableSet.of("") : ImmutableSet.<String>of(),
+                    forEachRealTld ? getTldsOfType(REAL) : ImmutableSet.<String>of(),
+                    forEachTestTld ? getTldsOfType(TEST) : ImmutableSet.<String>of())),
+            excludes);
     Multimap<String, String> flowThruParams = filterKeys(params, not(in(CONTROL_PARAMS)));
     Queue taskQueue = getQueue(queue);
-    for (String namespace : difference(namespaces, excludes)) {
-      taskEnqueuer.enqueue(taskQueue, createTaskOptions(namespace, flowThruParams));
+    String outputPayload = String.format(
+        "OK: Launched the following %d tasks in queue %s\n", tlds.size(), queue);
+    for (String tld : tlds) {
+      TaskOptions taskOptions = createTaskOptions(tld, flowThruParams);
+      TaskHandle taskHandle = taskEnqueuer.enqueue(taskQueue, taskOptions);
+      outputPayload += String.format(
+          "- Task: %s, tld: %s, endpoint: %s\n", taskHandle.getName(), tld, taskOptions.getUrl());
     }
+    response.setContentType(PLAIN_TEXT_UTF_8);
+    response.setPayload(outputPayload);
   }
 
   private TaskOptions createTaskOptions(String tld, Multimap<String, String> params) {
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/cron/BUILD b/javatests/google/registry/cron/BUILD
index 15989e30b..6d203e217 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/cron/BUILD
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/cron/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ java_library(
         "//javatests/google/registry/testing",
         "//third_party/java/objectify:objectify-v4_1",
         "@com_google_appengine_api_1_0_sdk//:testonly",
+        "@com_google_appengine_api_stubs",
+        "@com_google_appengine_testing",
         "@com_google_guava",
         "@com_google_truth",
         "@javax_servlet_api",
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutActionTest.java b/javatests/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutActionTest.java
index d8245bd06..641f46254 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutActionTest.java
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutActionTest.java
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ package google.registry.cron;
 
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getLast;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Lists.transform;
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static google.registry.testing.DatastoreHelper.createTlds;
 import static google.registry.testing.DatastoreHelper.persistResource;
 import static google.registry.testing.TaskQueueHelper.assertNoTasksEnqueued;
 import static google.registry.testing.TaskQueueHelper.assertTasksEnqueued;
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 
+import com.google.appengine.api.taskqueue.dev.QueueStateInfo.TaskStateInfo;
+import com.google.appengine.tools.development.testing.LocalTaskQueueTestConfig;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
@@ -32,9 +35,11 @@ import google.registry.model.registry.Registry;
 import google.registry.model.registry.Registry.TldType;
 import google.registry.testing.AppEngineRule;
 import google.registry.testing.ExceptionRule;
+import google.registry.testing.FakeResponse;
 import google.registry.testing.TaskQueueHelper.TaskMatcher;
 import google.registry.util.Retrier;
 import google.registry.util.TaskEnqueuer;
+import java.util.List;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ public class TldFanoutActionTest {
 
   private static final String ENDPOINT = "/the/servlet";
   private static final String QUEUE = "the-queue";
+  private final FakeResponse response = new FakeResponse();
 
   @Rule
   public final ExceptionRule thrown = new ExceptionRule();
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ public class TldFanoutActionTest {
     return params.build();
   }
 
-  private static void run(ImmutableListMultimap<String, String> params) throws Exception {
+  private void run(ImmutableListMultimap<String, String> params) throws Exception {
     TldFanoutAction action = new TldFanoutAction();
     action.params = params;
     action.endpoint = getLast(params.get("endpoint"));
@@ -83,6 +89,7 @@ public class TldFanoutActionTest {
         ? ImmutableSet.copyOf(Splitter.on(',').split(params.get("exclude").get(0)))
         : ImmutableSet.<String>of();
     action.taskEnqueuer = new TaskEnqueuer(new Retrier(null, 1));
+    action.response = response;
     action.runInEmpty = params.containsKey("runInEmpty");
     action.forEachRealTld = params.containsKey("forEachRealTld");
     action.forEachTestTld = params.containsKey("forEachTestTld");
@@ -208,4 +215,23 @@ public class TldFanoutActionTest {
     assertTasksEnqueued(QUEUE,
         new TaskMatcher().url("/the/servlet").param("newkey", "newval"));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSuccess_returnHttpResponse() throws Exception {
+    run(getParamsMap("forEachRealTld", "", "endpoint", "/the/servlet/:tld"));
+
+    List<TaskStateInfo> taskList =
+        LocalTaskQueueTestConfig.getLocalTaskQueue().getQueueStateInfo().get(QUEUE).getTaskInfo();
+
+    assertThat(taskList).hasSize(3);
+    String expectedResponse = String.format(
+        "OK: Launched the following 3 tasks in queue the-queue\n"
+            + "- Task: %s, tld: com, endpoint: /the/servlet/com\n"
+            + "- Task: %s, tld: net, endpoint: /the/servlet/net\n"
+            + "- Task: %s, tld: org, endpoint: /the/servlet/org\n",
+        taskList.get(0).getTaskName(),
+        taskList.get(1).getTaskName(),
+        taskList.get(2).getTaskName());
+    assertThat(response.getPayload()).isEqualTo(expectedResponse);
+  }
 }