diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@
         "-blockmintxfee=<amt>",
         strprintf(_("Set lowest fee rate (in %s/kB) for transactions to be "
                     "included in block creation. (default: %s)"),
-                  CURRENCY_UNIT, FormatMoney(DEFAULT_BLOCK_MIN_TX_FEE)));
+                  CURRENCY_UNIT, FormatMoney(DEFAULT_BLOCK_MIN_TX_FEE_PER_KB)));
     if (showDebug) {
         strUsage +=
             HelpMessageOpt("-blockversion=<n>",
diff --git a/src/miner.cpp b/src/miner.cpp
--- a/src/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/miner.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         ParseMoney(gArgs.GetArg("-blockmintxfee", ""), n);
         blockMinFeeRate = CFeeRate(n);
     } else {
-        blockMinFeeRate = CFeeRate(DEFAULT_BLOCK_MIN_TX_FEE);
+        blockMinFeeRate = CFeeRate(DEFAULT_BLOCK_MIN_TX_FEE_PER_KB);
     }
 
     LOCK(cs_main);
diff --git a/src/policy/policy.h b/src/policy/policy.h
--- a/src/policy/policy.h
+++ b/src/policy/policy.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * Default for -blockmintxfee, which sets the minimum feerate for a transaction
  * in blocks created by mining code.
  */
-static const Amount DEFAULT_BLOCK_MIN_TX_FEE(1000 * SATOSHI);
+static const Amount DEFAULT_BLOCK_MIN_TX_FEE_PER_KB(1000 * SATOSHI);
 /**
  * The maximum size for transactions we're willing to relay/mine.
  */
diff --git a/src/test/miner_tests.cpp b/src/test/miner_tests.cpp
--- a/src/test/miner_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/miner_tests.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(miner_tests, TestingSetup)
 
-static CFeeRate blockMinFeeRate = CFeeRate(DEFAULT_BLOCK_MIN_TX_FEE);
+static CFeeRate blockMinFeeRate = CFeeRate(DEFAULT_BLOCK_MIN_TX_FEE_PER_KB);
 
 static struct {
     uint8_t extranonce;