diff --git a/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs b/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
index a74b1666..54fa8c70 100644
--- a/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
+++ b/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
@@ -280,26 +280,26 @@ fn list_snapshots (
     Ok(snapshots)
 }
 
-#[sortable]
-const API_METHOD_STATUS: ApiMethod = ApiMethod::new(
-    &ApiHandler::Sync(&status),
-    &ObjectSchema::new(
-        "Get datastore status.",
-        &sorted!([
-            ("store", false, &DATASTORE_SCHEMA),
-        ]),
-    )
-);
-
+#[api(
+    input: {
+        properties: {
+            store: {
+                schema: DATASTORE_SCHEMA,
+            },
+        },
+    },
+    returns: {
+        type: StorageStatus,
+    },
+)]
+/// Get datastore status.
 fn status(
-    param: Value,
+    store: String,
     _info: &ApiMethod,
     _rpcenv: &mut dyn RpcEnvironment,
-) -> Result<Value, Error> {
+) -> Result<StorageStatus, Error> {
 
-    let store = param["store"].as_str().unwrap();
-
-    let datastore = DataStore::lookup_datastore(store)?;
+    let datastore = DataStore::lookup_datastore(&store)?;
 
     let base_path = datastore.base_path();
 
@@ -311,11 +311,12 @@ fn status(
     nix::errno::Errno::result(res)?;
 
     let bsize = stat.f_bsize as u64;
-    Ok(json!({
-        "total": stat.f_blocks*bsize,
-        "used": (stat.f_blocks-stat.f_bfree)*bsize,
-        "avail": stat.f_bavail*bsize,
-    }))
+
+    Ok(StorageStatus {
+        total: stat.f_blocks*bsize,
+        used: (stat.f_blocks-stat.f_bfree)*bsize,
+        avail: stat.f_bavail*bsize,
+    })
 }
 
 #[macro_export]
diff --git a/src/api2/types.rs b/src/api2/types.rs
index 35606486..393c32a6 100644
--- a/src/api2/types.rs
+++ b/src/api2/types.rs
@@ -276,7 +276,17 @@ pub struct BackupContent {
     pub size: Option<u64>,
 }
 
-
+#[api()]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+/// Storage space usage information.
+pub struct StorageStatus {
+    /// Total space (bytes).
+    pub total: u64,
+    /// Used space (bytes).
+    pub used: u64,
+    /// Available space (bytes).
+    pub avail: u64,
+}
 
 // Regression tests
 
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
index e7e8b4de..93112e1a 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
@@ -1437,26 +1437,24 @@ async fn status(param: Value) -> Result<Value, Error> {
 
     let path = format!("api2/json/admin/datastore/{}/status", repo.store());
 
-    let result = client.get(&path, None).await?;
-    let data = &result["data"];
+    let mut result = client.get(&path, None).await?;
 
     record_repository(&repo);
 
     if output_format == "text" {
-        let total = data["total"].as_u64().unwrap();
-        let used = data["used"].as_u64().unwrap();
-        let avail = data["avail"].as_u64().unwrap();
-        let roundup = total/200;
+        let result: StorageStatus = serde_json::from_value(result["data"].take())?;
+
+        let roundup = result.total/200;
 
         println!(
             "total: {} used: {} ({} %) available: {}",
-            total,
-            used,
-            ((used+roundup)*100)/total,
-            avail,
+            result.total,
+            result.used,
+            ((result.used+roundup)*100)/result.total,
+            result.avail,
         );
     } else {
-        format_and_print_result(data, &output_format);
+        format_and_print_result(&result["data"], &output_format);
     }
 
     Ok(Value::Null)