diff --git a/PENDING.md b/PENDING.md
index 64961a634a..9a5f51d8aa 100644
--- a/PENDING.md
+++ b/PENDING.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 BREAKING CHANGES
 
 * Gaia REST API (`gaiacli advanced rest-server`)
+  * [lcd] https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/3045 Fix quoted json return on GET /keys (keys list)
   * [gaia-lite] [\#2191](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/2191) Split `POST /stake/delegators/{delegatorAddr}/delegations` into `POST /stake/delegators/{delegatorAddr}/delegations`, `POST /stake/delegators/{delegatorAddr}/unbonding_delegations` and `POST /stake/delegators/{delegatorAddr}/redelegations`
   * [gaia-lite] [\#3056](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/3056) `generate_only` and `simulate` have moved from query arguments to POST requests body.
 
diff --git a/client/keys/list.go b/client/keys/list.go
index f232fccffb..9d01d500bb 100644
--- a/client/keys/list.go
+++ b/client/keys/list.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func QueryKeysRequestHandler(indent bool) http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 		// an empty list will be JSONized as null, but we want to keep the empty list
 		if len(infos) == 0 {
-			PostProcessResponse(w, cdc, "[]", indent)
+			PostProcessResponse(w, cdc, []string{}, indent)
 			return
 		}
 		keysOutput, err := Bech32KeysOutput(infos)