diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@
   "Fee exceeds maximum configured by user (e.g. -maxtxfee, maxfeerate)." The
   `testmempoolaccept` RPC returns `max-fee-exceeded` rather than `absurdly-high-fee`
   as the `reject-reason`.
+- To make wallet and rawtransaction RPCs more consistent, the error message for
+  exceeding maximum feerate has been changed to "Fee exceeds maximum configured by user
+  (e.g. -maxtxfee, maxfeerate)."
diff --git a/src/util/error.cpp b/src/util/error.cpp
--- a/src/util/error.cpp
+++ b/src/util/error.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
             return Untranslated(
                 "Specified sighash value does not match existing value");
         case TransactionError::MAX_FEE_EXCEEDED:
-            return Untranslated("Fee exceeds maximum configured by -maxtxfee");
+            return Untranslated("Fee exceeds maximum configured by user (e.g. "
+                                "-maxtxfee, maxfeerate)");
             // no default case, so the compiler can warn about missing cases
     }
     assert(false);
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_fundrawtransaction.py b/test/functional/rpc_fundrawtransaction.py
--- a/test/functional/rpc_fundrawtransaction.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_fundrawtransaction.py
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
         result3 = self.nodes[3].fundrawtransaction(
             rawTx, {"feeRate": 10 * self.min_relay_tx_fee})
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-4,
-                                "Fee exceeds maximum configured by -maxtxfee",
+                                "Fee exceeds maximum configured by user (e.g. -maxtxfee, maxfeerate)",
                                 self.nodes[3].fundrawtransaction,
                                 rawTx,
                                 {"feeRate": 1000000})
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_psbt.py b/test/functional/rpc_psbt.py
--- a/test/functional/rpc_psbt.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_psbt.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         # feeRate of 10,000,000 XEC / KB produces a total fee well above -maxtxfee
         # previously this was silently capped at -maxtxfee
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-4,
-                                "Fee exceeds maximum configured by -maxtxfee",
+                                "Fee exceeds maximum configured by user (e.g. -maxtxfee, maxfeerate)",
                                 self.nodes[1].walletcreatefundedpsbt,
                                 [{"txid": txid,
                                   "vout": p2sh_pos},
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
                                 {"feeRate": 10000000,
                                     "add_inputs": True})
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-4,
-                                "Fee exceeds maximum configured by -maxtxfee",
+                                "Fee exceeds maximum configured by user (e.g. -maxtxfee, maxfeerate)",
                                 self.nodes[1].walletcreatefundedpsbt,
                                 [{"txid": txid,
                                   "vout": p2sh_pos},
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py b/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py
--- a/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_rawtransaction.py
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
         assert_equal(testres['reject-reason'], 'max-fee-exceeded')
         # and sendrawtransaction should throw
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-25,
-                                'Fee exceeds maximum configured by -maxtxfee',
+                                'Fee exceeds maximum configured by user (e.g. -maxtxfee, maxfeerate)',
                                 self.nodes[2].sendrawtransaction,
                                 rawTxSigned['hex'],
                                 10.00)
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@
         assert_equal(testres['reject-reason'], 'max-fee-exceeded')
         # and sendrawtransaction should throw
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-25,
-                                'Fee exceeds maximum configured by -maxtxfee',
+                                'Fee exceeds maximum configured by user (e.g. -maxtxfee, maxfeerate)',
                                 self.nodes[2].sendrawtransaction,
                                 rawTxSigned['hex'])
         # and the following calls should both succeed
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_create_tx.py b/test/functional/wallet_create_tx.py
--- a/test/functional/wallet_create_tx.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_create_tx.py
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@
             self.restart_node(0, extra_args=[fee_setting])
             assert_raises_rpc_error(
                 -6,
-                "Fee exceeds maximum configured by -maxtxfee",
+                "Fee exceeds maximum configured by user (e.g. -maxtxfee, maxfeerate)",
                 lambda: self.nodes[0].sendmany(dummy="", amounts=outputs),
             )
             assert_raises_rpc_error(
                 -4,
-                "Fee exceeds maximum configured by -maxtxfee",
+                "Fee exceeds maximum configured by user (e.g. -maxtxfee, maxfeerate)",
                 lambda: self.nodes[0].fundrawtransaction(hexstring=raw_tx),
             )
 
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@
         self.nodes[0].settxfee(10000)
         assert_raises_rpc_error(
             -6,
-            "Fee exceeds maximum configured by -maxtxfee",
+            "Fee exceeds maximum configured by user (e.g. -maxtxfee, maxfeerate)",
             lambda: self.nodes[0].sendmany(dummy="", amounts=outputs),
         )
         assert_raises_rpc_error(
             -4,
-            "Fee exceeds maximum configured by -maxtxfee",
+            "Fee exceeds maximum configured by user (e.g. -maxtxfee, maxfeerate)",
             lambda: self.nodes[0].fundrawtransaction(hexstring=raw_tx),
         )
         self.nodes[0].settxfee(0)