diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index dd6dd76..b0ceef0 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -710,15 +710,19 @@ DeviceState *bdrv_get_attached(BlockDriverState *bs)
 /*
  * Run consistency checks on an image
  *
- * Returns the number of errors or -errno when an internal error occurs
+ * Returns 0 if the check could be completed (it doesn't mean that the image is
+ * free of errors) or -errno when an internal error occured. The results of the
+ * check are stored in res.
  */
-int bdrv_check(BlockDriverState *bs)
+int bdrv_check(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvCheckResult *res)
 {
     if (bs->drv->bdrv_check == NULL) {
         return -ENOTSUP;
     }
 
-    return bs->drv->bdrv_check(bs);
+    memset(res, 0, sizeof(*res));
+    res->corruptions = bs->drv->bdrv_check(bs);
+    return res->corruptions < 0 ? res->corruptions : 0;
 }
 
 /* commit COW file into the raw image */
diff --git a/block.h b/block.h
index 3d03b3e..c2a7e4c 100644
--- a/block.h
+++ b/block.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ void bdrv_close(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_attach(BlockDriverState *bs, DeviceState *qdev);
 void bdrv_detach(BlockDriverState *bs, DeviceState *qdev);
 DeviceState *bdrv_get_attached(BlockDriverState *bs);
-int bdrv_check(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_read(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
               uint8_t *buf, int nb_sectors);
 int bdrv_write(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
@@ -97,6 +96,15 @@ int bdrv_change_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs,
     const char *backing_file, const char *backing_fmt);
 void bdrv_register(BlockDriver *bdrv);
 
+
+typedef struct BdrvCheckResult {
+    int corruptions;
+    int leaks;
+    int check_errors;
+} BdrvCheckResult;
+
+int bdrv_check(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvCheckResult *res);
+
 /* async block I/O */
 typedef struct BlockDriverAIOCB BlockDriverAIOCB;
 typedef void BlockDriverCompletionFunc(void *opaque, int ret);
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 700af21..e300f91 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -425,11 +425,20 @@ out:
     return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Checks an image for consistency. Exit codes:
+ *
+ * 0 - Check completed, image is good
+ * 1 - Check not completed because of internal errors
+ * 2 - Check completed, image is corrupted
+ * 3 - Check completed, image has leaked clusters, but is good otherwise
+ */
 static int img_check(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int c, ret;
     const char *filename, *fmt;
     BlockDriverState *bs;
+    BdrvCheckResult result;
 
     fmt = NULL;
     for(;;) {
@@ -453,28 +462,52 @@ static int img_check(int argc, char **argv)
     if (!bs) {
         return 1;
     }
-    ret = bdrv_check(bs);
-    switch(ret) {
-    case 0:
-        printf("No errors were found on the image.\n");
-        break;
-    case -ENOTSUP:
+    ret = bdrv_check(bs, &result);
+
+    if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
         error("This image format does not support checks");
-        break;
-    default:
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            error("An error occurred during the check");
-        } else {
-            printf("%d errors were found on the image.\n", ret);
+        bdrv_delete(bs);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (!(result.corruptions || result.leaks || result.check_errors)) {
+        printf("No errors were found on the image.\n");
+    } else {
+        if (result.corruptions) {
+            printf("\n%d errors were found on the image.\n"
+                "Data may be corrupted, or further writes to the image "
+                "may corrupt it.\n",
+                result.corruptions);
+        }
+
+        if (result.leaks) {
+            printf("\n%d leaked clusters were found on the image.\n"
+                "This means waste of disk space, but no harm to data.\n",
+                result.leaks);
+        }
+
+        if (result.check_errors) {
+            printf("\n%d internal errors have occurred during the check.\n",
+                result.check_errors);
         }
-        break;
     }
 
     bdrv_delete(bs);
-    if (ret) {
+
+    if (ret < 0 || result.check_errors) {
+        printf("\nAn error has occurred during the check: %s\n"
+            "The check is not complete and may have missed error.\n",
+            strerror(-ret));
         return 1;
     }
-    return 0;
+
+    if (result.corruptions) {
+        return 2;
+    } else if (result.leaks) {
+        return 3;
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
 }
 
 static int img_commit(int argc, char **argv)
