diff --git a/app/models/domain.rb b/app/models/domain.rb
index 901249cd1..d3d24ac21 100644
--- a/app/models/domain.rb
+++ b/app/models/domain.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ class Domain < ActiveRecord::Base
           next
         end
 
-        res << {name: x, avail: Domain.find_by(name: x) ? 0 : 1}
+        if Domain.find_by(name: x)
+          res << {name: x, avail: 0, reason: 'in use'}
+        else
+          res << {name: x, avail: 1}
+        end
       end
 
       res
diff --git a/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb b/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
index d3a6af87c..e509c80af 100644
--- a/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
@@ -28,9 +28,13 @@ describe 'EPP Domain', epp: true do
       Fabricate(:domain, name: 'test.ee')
 
       response = epp_request('domains/check.xml')
-      domain = response[:parsed].css('resData chkData cd name').first
-      expect(domain.text).to eq('test.ee')
-      expect(domain[:avail]).to eq('0')
+      domain = response[:parsed].css('resData chkData cd').first
+      name = domain.css('name').first
+      reason = domain.css('reason').first
+
+      expect(name.text).to eq('test.ee')
+      expect(name[:avail]).to eq('0')
+      expect(reason.text).to eq('in use')
     end
 
     it 'checks multiple domains' do