diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -1160,8 +1160,9 @@
                                    "Error adding address to wallet");
             }
 
-            // add to address book or update label
-            if (IsValidDestination(dest)) {
+            // if not internal add to address book or update label
+            if (!internal) {
+                assert(IsValidDestination(dest));
                 pwallet->SetAddressBook(dest, label, "receive");
             }
 
@@ -1426,7 +1427,7 @@
             "      \"redeemscript\": \"<script>\"                            , (string, optional) Allowed only if the scriptPubKey is a P2SH address or a P2SH scriptPubKey\n"
             "      \"pubkeys\": [\"<pubKey>\", ... ]                         , (array, optional) Array of strings giving pubkeys that must occur in the output or redeemscript\n"
             "      \"keys\": [\"<key>\", ... ]                               , (array, optional) Array of strings giving private keys whose corresponding public keys must occur in the output or redeemscript\n"
-            "      \"internal\": <true>                                    , (boolean, optional, default: false) Stating whether matching outputs should be treated as not incoming payments\n"
+            "      \"internal\": <true>                                    , (boolean, optional, default: false) Stating whether matching outputs should be treated as not incoming payments aka change\n"
             "      \"watchonly\": <true>                                   , (boolean, optional, default: false) Stating whether matching outputs should be considered watched even when they're not spendable, only allowed if keys are empty\n"
             "      \"label\": <label>                                      , (string, optional, default: '') Label to assign to the address (aka account name, for now), only allowed with internal=false\n"
             "    }\n"
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py b/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py
--- a/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_importmulti.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
         # RPC importmulti -----------------------------------------------
 
-        # Bitcoin Address
+        # Bitcoin Address (implicit non-internal)
         self.log.info("Should import an address")
         address = self.nodes[0].getaddressinfo(self.nodes[0].getnewaddress())
         result = self.nodes[1].importmulti([{
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         assert_equal(address_assert['iswatchonly'], True)
         assert_equal(address_assert['ismine'], False)
         assert_equal(address_assert['timestamp'], timestamp)
+        assert_equal(address_assert['ischange'], False)
         watchonly_address = address['address']
         watchonly_timestamp = timestamp
 
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@
         assert_equal(address_assert['iswatchonly'], True)
         assert_equal(address_assert['ismine'], False)
         assert_equal(address_assert['timestamp'], timestamp)
+        assert_equal(address_assert['ischange'], True)
 
         # ScriptPubKey + !internal
         self.log.info("Should not import a scriptPubKey without internal flag")
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@
         assert_equal(address_assert['ismine'], False)
         assert_equal('timestamp' in address_assert, False)
 
-        # Address + Public key + !Internal
+        # Address + Public key + !Internal(explicit)
         self.log.info("Should import an address with public key")
         address = self.nodes[0].getaddressinfo(self.nodes[0].getnewaddress())
         result = self.nodes[1].importmulti([{
@@ -111,7 +113,8 @@
                 "address": address['address']
             },
             "timestamp": "now",
-            "pubkeys": [address['pubkey']]
+            "pubkeys": [address['pubkey']],
+            "internal": False
         }])
         assert_equal(result[0]['success'], True)
         address_assert = self.nodes[1].getaddressinfo(address['address'])