diff --git a/src/database/memory.rs b/src/database/memory.rs
index cda3775e..84ecf30a 100644
--- a/src/database/memory.rs
+++ b/src/database/memory.rs
@@ -458,16 +458,17 @@ impl ConfigurableDatabase for MemoryDatabase {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-impl MemoryDatabase {
-    // Artificially insert a tx in the database, as if we had found it with a `sync`
-    pub fn received_tx(
-        &mut self,
-        tx_meta: testutils::TestIncomingTx,
-        current_height: Option<u32>,
-    ) -> bitcoin::Txid {
-        use std::str::FromStr;
-
+#[macro_export]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+/// Artificially insert a tx in the database, as if we had found it with a `sync`. This is a hidden
+/// macro and not a `[cfg(test)]` function so it can be called within the context of doctests which
+/// don't have `test` set.
+macro_rules! populate_test_db {
+    ($db:expr, $tx_meta:expr, $current_height:expr$(,)?) => {{
+        use $crate::database::BatchOperations;
+        let mut db = $db;
+        let tx_meta = $tx_meta;
+        let current_height: Option<u32> = $current_height;
         let tx = Transaction {
             version: 1,
             lock_time: 0,
@@ -499,9 +500,9 @@ impl MemoryDatabase {
             fees: 0,
         };
 
-        self.set_tx(&tx_details).unwrap();
+        db.set_tx(&tx_details).unwrap();
         for (vout, out) in tx.output.iter().enumerate() {
-            self.set_utxo(&UTXO {
+            db.set_utxo(&UTXO {
                 txout: out.clone(),
                 outpoint: OutPoint {
                     txid,
@@ -513,7 +514,37 @@ impl MemoryDatabase {
         }
 
         txid
-    }
+    }};
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+/// Macro for getting a wallet for use in a doctest
+macro_rules! doctest_wallet {
+    () => {{
+        use $crate::bitcoin::Network;
+        use $crate::database::MemoryDatabase;
+        use testutils::testutils;
+        let descriptor = "wpkh(cVpPVruEDdmutPzisEsYvtST1usBR3ntr8pXSyt6D2YYqXRyPcFW)";
+        let descriptors = testutils!(@descriptors (descriptor) (descriptor));
+
+        let mut db = MemoryDatabase::new();
+        let txid = populate_test_db!(
+            &mut db,
+            testutils! {
+                @tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 500_000 ) (@confirmations 1)
+            },
+            Some(100),
+        );
+
+        $crate::Wallet::new_offline(
+            &descriptors.0,
+            descriptors.1.as_ref(),
+            Network::Regtest,
+            db
+        )
+        .unwrap()
+    }}
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/wallet/mod.rs b/src/wallet/mod.rs
index 1a82f16f..cd6366a5 100644
--- a/src/wallet/mod.rs
+++ b/src/wallet/mod.rs
@@ -1569,11 +1569,12 @@ mod test {
         )
         .unwrap();
 
-        let txid = wallet.database.borrow_mut().received_tx(
+        let txid = crate::populate_test_db!(
+            wallet.database.borrow_mut(),
             testutils! {
                 @tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 50_000 ) (@confirmations 1)
             },
-            Some(100),
+            Some(100)
         );
 
         (wallet, descriptors, txid)
@@ -2262,7 +2263,8 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn test_create_tx_add_utxo() {
         let (wallet, descriptors, _) = get_funded_wallet(get_test_wpkh());
-        let small_output_txid = wallet.database.borrow_mut().received_tx(
+        let small_output_txid = crate::populate_test_db!(
+            wallet.database.borrow_mut(),
             testutils! (@tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 25_000 ) (@confirmations 1)),
             Some(100),
         );
@@ -2291,7 +2293,8 @@ mod test {
     #[should_panic(expected = "InsufficientFunds")]
     fn test_create_tx_manually_selected_insufficient() {
         let (wallet, descriptors, _) = get_funded_wallet(get_test_wpkh());
-        let small_output_txid = wallet.database.borrow_mut().received_tx(
+        let small_output_txid = crate::populate_test_db!(
+            wallet.database.borrow_mut(),
             testutils! (@tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 25_000 ) (@confirmations 1)),
             Some(100),
         );
@@ -2765,7 +2768,8 @@ mod test {
     fn test_bump_fee_drain_wallet() {
         let (wallet, descriptors, _) = get_funded_wallet(get_test_wpkh());
         // receive an extra tx so that our wallet has two utxos.
-        let incoming_txid = wallet.database.borrow_mut().received_tx(
+        let incoming_txid = crate::populate_test_db!(
+            wallet.database.borrow_mut(),
             testutils! (@tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 25_000 ) (@confirmations 1)),
             Some(100),
         );
@@ -2823,7 +2827,8 @@ mod test {
         // them, and make sure that `bump_fee` doesn't try to add more. eventually, it should fail
         // because the fee rate is too high and the single utxo isn't enough to create a non-dust
         // output
-        let incoming_txid = wallet.database.borrow_mut().received_tx(
+        let incoming_txid = crate::populate_test_db!(
+            wallet.database.borrow_mut(),
             testutils! (@tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 25_000 ) (@confirmations 1)),
             Some(100),
         );
@@ -2873,7 +2878,8 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn test_bump_fee_add_input() {
         let (wallet, descriptors, _) = get_funded_wallet(get_test_wpkh());
-        wallet.database.borrow_mut().received_tx(
+        crate::populate_test_db!(
+            wallet.database.borrow_mut(),
             testutils! (@tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 25_000 ) (@confirmations 1)),
             Some(100),
         );
@@ -2938,7 +2944,8 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn test_bump_fee_absolute_add_input() {
         let (wallet, descriptors, _) = get_funded_wallet(get_test_wpkh());
-        wallet.database.borrow_mut().received_tx(
+        crate::populate_test_db!(
+            wallet.database.borrow_mut(),
             testutils! (@tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 25_000 ) (@confirmations 1)),
             Some(100),
         );
@@ -3000,7 +3007,8 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn test_bump_fee_no_change_add_input_and_change() {
         let (wallet, descriptors, _) = get_funded_wallet(get_test_wpkh());
-        let incoming_txid = wallet.database.borrow_mut().received_tx(
+        let incoming_txid = crate::populate_test_db!(
+            wallet.database.borrow_mut(),
             testutils! (@tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 25_000 ) (@confirmations 1)),
             Some(100),
         );
@@ -3079,7 +3087,8 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn test_bump_fee_add_input_change_dust() {
         let (wallet, descriptors, _) = get_funded_wallet(get_test_wpkh());
-        wallet.database.borrow_mut().received_tx(
+        crate::populate_test_db!(
+            wallet.database.borrow_mut(),
             testutils! (@tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 25_000 ) (@confirmations 1)),
             Some(100),
         );
@@ -3141,7 +3150,8 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn test_bump_fee_force_add_input() {
         let (wallet, descriptors, _) = get_funded_wallet(get_test_wpkh());
-        let incoming_txid = wallet.database.borrow_mut().received_tx(
+        let incoming_txid = crate::populate_test_db!(
+            wallet.database.borrow_mut(),
             testutils! (@tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 25_000 ) (@confirmations 1)),
             Some(100),
         );
@@ -3213,7 +3223,8 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn test_bump_fee_absolute_force_add_input() {
         let (wallet, descriptors, _) = get_funded_wallet(get_test_wpkh());
-        let incoming_txid = wallet.database.borrow_mut().received_tx(
+        let incoming_txid = crate::populate_test_db!(
+            wallet.database.borrow_mut(),
             testutils! (@tx ( (@external descriptors, 0) => 25_000 ) (@confirmations 1)),
             Some(100),
         );