diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15566.md b/doc/release-notes-15566.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49964d755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes-15566.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Miscellaneous CLI Changes
+-------------------------
+- The `testnet` field in `bitcoin-cli -getinfo` has been renamed to `chain` and now returns the current network name as defined in BIP70 (main, test, regtest).
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diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index b0e1f67d9..62a53e230 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ public:
         result.pushKV("connections", batch[ID_NETWORKINFO]["result"]["connections"]);
         result.pushKV("proxy", batch[ID_NETWORKINFO]["result"]["networks"][0]["proxy"]);
         result.pushKV("difficulty", batch[ID_BLOCKCHAININFO]["result"]["difficulty"]);
-        result.pushKV("testnet", UniValue(batch[ID_BLOCKCHAININFO]["result"]["chain"].get_str() == "test"));
+        result.pushKV("chain", UniValue(batch[ID_BLOCKCHAININFO]["result"]["chain"]));
         if (!batch[ID_WALLETINFO].isNull()) {
             result.pushKV("walletversion", batch[ID_WALLETINFO]["result"]["walletversion"]);
             result.pushKV("balance", batch[ID_WALLETINFO]["result"]["balance"]);
diff --git a/test/functional/interface_bitcoin_cli.py b/test/functional/interface_bitcoin_cli.py
index f44fc768d..8640ae95c 100755
--- a/test/functional/interface_bitcoin_cli.py
+++ b/test/functional/interface_bitcoin_cli.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class TestBitcoinCli(BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert_equal(cli_get_info['connections'], network_info['connections'])
         assert_equal(cli_get_info['proxy'], network_info['networks'][0]['proxy'])
         assert_equal(cli_get_info['difficulty'], blockchain_info['difficulty'])
-        assert_equal(cli_get_info['testnet'], blockchain_info['chain'] == "test")
+        assert_equal(cli_get_info['chain'], blockchain_info['chain'])
         if self.is_wallet_compiled():
             assert_equal(cli_get_info['balance'], wallet_info['balance'])
             assert_equal(cli_get_info['keypoololdest'], wallet_info['keypoololdest'])