diff --git a/iroh/src/client/docs.rs b/iroh/src/client/docs.rs
index b175283386a..26955687a82 100644
--- a/iroh/src/client/docs.rs
+++ b/iroh/src/client/docs.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ use iroh_blobs::{export::ExportProgress, store::ExportMode, Hash};
 use iroh_docs::{
     actor::OpenState,
     store::{DownloadPolicy, Query},
-    AuthorId, Capability, CapabilityKind, ContentStatus, DocTicket, NamespaceId, PeerIdBytes,
-    RecordIdentifier,
+    AuthorId, Capability, CapabilityKind, ContentStatus, DocTicket, NamespaceId, NamespaceSecret,
+    PeerIdBytes, RecordIdentifier,
 };
 use iroh_net::NodeAddr;
 use portable_atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ impl Client {
     }
 
     /// Export secret key
-    pub async fn export_secret_key(&self, doc_id: NamespaceId) -> Result<()> {
-        self.rpc.rpc(ExportSecretKeyRequest { doc_id }).await??;
-        Ok(())
+    pub async fn export_secret_key(&self, doc_id: NamespaceId) -> Result<NamespaceSecret> {
+        let response = self.rpc.rpc(ExportSecretKeyRequest { doc_id }).await??;
+        Ok(response.secret)
     }
 
     /// Import a document from a namespace capability.
diff --git a/iroh/src/rpc_protocol/docs.rs b/iroh/src/rpc_protocol/docs.rs
index 1197bcd7ca0..197d891e126 100644
--- a/iroh/src/rpc_protocol/docs.rs
+++ b/iroh/src/rpc_protocol/docs.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub enum Response {
     SetDownloadPolicy(RpcResult<SetDownloadPolicyResponse>),
     GetSyncPeers(RpcResult<GetSyncPeersResponse>),
     StreamCreated(RpcResult<StreamCreated>),
-    ExportSecretKey(RpcResult<ExportSecretKeyResponse>)
+    ExportSecretKey(RpcResult<ExportSecretKeyResponse>),
 }
 
 /// Subscribe to events for a document.