diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
index 264029d8a..15abcbd98 100644
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ enum Network ParseNetwork(const std::string& net_in) {
 std::string GetNetworkName(enum Network net)
 {
     switch (net) {
-    case NET_UNROUTABLE: return "unroutable";
+    case NET_UNROUTABLE: return "not_publicly_routable";
     case NET_IPV4: return "ipv4";
     case NET_IPV6: return "ipv6";
     case NET_ONION: return "onion";
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_proxy.py b/test/functional/feature_proxy.py
index cd5eff918..2983feaa0 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_proxy.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_proxy.py
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ from test_framework.netutil import test_ipv6_local
 
 RANGE_BEGIN = PORT_MIN + 2 * PORT_RANGE  # Start after p2p and rpc ports
 
-# Networks returned by RPC getpeerinfo, defined in src/netbase.cpp::GetNetworkName()
-NET_UNROUTABLE = "unroutable"
+# Networks returned by RPC getpeerinfo.
+NET_UNROUTABLE = "not_publicly_routable"
 NET_IPV4 = "ipv4"
 NET_IPV6 = "ipv6"
 NET_ONION = "onion"