diff --git a/novaclient/v1_1/servers.py b/novaclient/v1_1/servers.py
index 9018003d4..6388ffb47 100644
--- a/novaclient/v1_1/servers.py
+++ b/novaclient/v1_1/servers.py
@@ -517,7 +517,9 @@ class ServerManager(local_base.BootingManagerWithFind):
                         you would like to retrieve.
         :param length: The number of tail loglines you would like to retrieve.
         """
-        return self._action('os-getConsoleOutput', server, {'length': length})
+        return self._action('os-getConsoleOutput',
+                            server,
+                            {'length': length})[1]['output']
 
     def delete_meta(self, server, keys):
         """
diff --git a/tests/v1_1/fakes.py b/tests/v1_1/fakes.py
index 9f2ee7146..a0810c4c5 100644
--- a/tests/v1_1/fakes.py
+++ b/tests/v1_1/fakes.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class FakeHTTPClient(base_client.HTTPClient):
             assert body[action].keys() == ['adminPass']
         elif action == 'os-getConsoleOutput':
             assert body[action].keys() == ['length']
-            return (202, "foo")
+            return (202, {'output': 'foo'})
         else:
             raise AssertionError("Unexpected server action: %s" % action)
         return (202, _body)
diff --git a/tests/v1_1/test_servers.py b/tests/v1_1/test_servers.py
index 81ac784a2..60913946e 100644
--- a/tests/v1_1/test_servers.py
+++ b/tests/v1_1/test_servers.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class ServersTest(utils.TestCase):
         cs.assert_called('POST', '/servers/1234/action')
 
     def test_get_console_output_without_length(self):
-        success = ({'status': 202}, 'foo')
+        success = 'foo'
         s = cs.servers.get(1234)
         s.get_console_output()
         self.assertEqual(s.get_console_output(), success)
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ class ServersTest(utils.TestCase):
         cs.assert_called('POST', '/servers/1234/action')
 
     def test_get_console_output_with_length(self):
-        success = ({'status': 202}, 'foo')
+        success = 'foo'
+
         s = cs.servers.get(1234)
         s.get_console_output(length=50)
         self.assertEqual(s.get_console_output(length=50), success)