diff --git a/docs/rpc.md b/docs/rpc.md
index 7ab04399e..3f4d37377 100644
--- a/docs/rpc.md
+++ b/docs/rpc.md
@@ -251,7 +251,11 @@ burned).
 #### `getblocknotifications` call
 
 This method returns notifications from a block organized by trigger type.
-Supports filtering by contract and event name.
+Supports filtering by contract and event name (the same filter as provided
+for subscriptions to execution results, see [notifications specification](notifications.md).
+The resulting JSON is an object with three (if matched) field: "onpersist",
+"application" and "postpersist" containing arrays of notifications (same JSON
+as used in notification service) for the respective triggers.
 
 #### Historic calls
 
diff --git a/pkg/neorpc/result/block_notifications.go b/pkg/neorpc/result/block_notifications.go
index 832593c81..44376ed7a 100644
--- a/pkg/neorpc/result/block_notifications.go
+++ b/pkg/neorpc/result/block_notifications.go
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/state"
 )
 
-// BlockNotifications represents notifications from a block organized by trigger type.
+// BlockNotifications represents notifications from a block organized by
+// trigger type.
 type BlockNotifications struct {
-	PrePersistNotifications  []state.ContainedNotificationEvent `json:"prepersist,omitempty"`
-	TxNotifications          []state.ContainedNotificationEvent `json:"transactions,omitempty"`
-	PostPersistNotifications []state.ContainedNotificationEvent `json:"postpersist,omitempty"`
+	// Block-level execution _before_ any transactions.
+	OnPersist []state.ContainedNotificationEvent `json:"onpersist,omitempty"`
+	// Transaction execution.
+	Application []state.ContainedNotificationEvent `json:"application,omitempty"`
+	// Block-level execution _after_ all transactions.
+	PostPersist []state.ContainedNotificationEvent `json:"postpersist,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
index 27715aa44..b27502e0a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
+++ b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
@@ -3242,21 +3242,21 @@ func (s *Server) getBlockNotifications(reqParams params.Params) (any, *neorpc.Er
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, neorpc.NewInternalServerError("failed to get app exec results for onpersist")
 	}
-	notifications.PrePersistNotifications = processAppExecResults([]state.AppExecResult{aers[0]}, filter)
+	notifications.OnPersist = processAppExecResults([]state.AppExecResult{aers[0]}, filter)
 
 	for _, txHash := range block.Transactions {
 		aers, err := s.chain.GetAppExecResults(txHash.Hash(), trigger.Application)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, neorpc.NewInternalServerError("failed to get app exec results")
 		}
-		notifications.TxNotifications = append(notifications.TxNotifications, processAppExecResults(aers, filter)...)
+		notifications.Application = append(notifications.Application, processAppExecResults(aers, filter)...)
 	}
 
 	aers, err = s.chain.GetAppExecResults(block.Hash(), trigger.PostPersist)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, neorpc.NewInternalServerError("failed to get app exec results for postpersist")
 	}
-	notifications.PostPersistNotifications = processAppExecResults([]state.AppExecResult{aers[0]}, filter)
+	notifications.PostPersist = processAppExecResults([]state.AppExecResult{aers[0]}, filter)
 
 	return notifications, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server_test.go b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server_test.go
index c9a113542..4b994c315 100644
--- a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server_test.go
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ var rpcTestCases = map[string][]rpcTestCase{
 				res, ok := acc.(*result.BlockNotifications)
 				require.True(t, ok)
 				require.NotNil(t, res)
-				for _, ne := range res.TxNotifications {
+				for _, ne := range res.Application {
 					require.Equal(t, nativehashes.NeoToken, ne.ScriptHash)
 					require.Equal(t, "Transfer", ne.Name)
 				}