diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
index f38202a2b81f8..5b0592e06d823 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -1132,13 +1132,10 @@ static UniValue ProcessImportDescriptor(ImportData& import_data, std::map<CKeyID
         if (!data.exists("range")) {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Descriptor is ranged, please specify the range");
         }
-        const UniValue& range = data["range"];
-        range_start = range.exists("start") ? range["start"].get_int64() : 0;
-        if (!range.exists("end")) {
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "End of range for descriptor must be specified");
-        }
-        range_end = range["end"].get_int64();
-        if (range_end < range_start || range_start < 0) {
+        auto range = ParseRange(data["range"]);
+        range_start = range.first;
+        range_end = range.second;
+        if (range_start < 0 || (range_end >> 31) != 0 || range_end - range_start >= 1000000) {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid descriptor range specified");
         }
     }
@@ -1373,12 +1370,7 @@ UniValue importmulti(const JSONRPCRequest& mainRequest)
                                             {"key", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::OMITTED, ""},
                                         }
                                     },
-                                    {"range", RPCArg::Type::OBJ, RPCArg::Optional::OMITTED, "If a ranged descriptor is used, this specifies the start and end of the range to import",
-                                        {
-                                            {"start", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ "0", "Start of the range to import"},
-                                            {"end", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "End of the range to import (inclusive)"},
-                                        }
-                                    },
+                                    {"range", RPCArg::Type::RANGE, RPCArg::Optional::OMITTED, "If a ranged descriptor is used, this specifies the end or the range (in the form [begin,end]) to import"},
                                     {"internal", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false", "Stating whether matching outputs should be treated as not incoming payments (also known as change)"},
                                     {"watchonly", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false", "Stating whether matching outputs should be considered watchonly."},
                                     {"label", RPCArg::Type::STR, /* default */ "''", "Label to assign to the address, only allowed with internal=false"},
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py b/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py
index 8e25aa7337aa4..c6d0425f223e3 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ def run_test(self):
         self.log.info("Should import the ranged descriptor with specified range as solvable")
         self.test_importmulti({"desc": descsum_create(desc),
                                "timestamp": "now",
-                               "range": {"end": 1}},
+                               "range": 1},
                               success=True,
                               warnings=["Some private keys are missing, outputs will be considered watchonly. If this is intentional, specify the watchonly flag."])
         for address in addresses:
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ def run_test(self):
                 'desc': descsum_create('wpkh([80002067/0h/0h]' + xpub + '/*)'),
                 'keypool': True,
                 'timestamp': 'now',
-                'range' : {'start': 0, 'end': 4}
+                'range' : [0, 4],
             }]
         )
         for i in range(0, 5):