diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@
   <https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.22.4/>
 
 This release includes the following features and fixes:
+
+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).
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -332,10 +332,8 @@
                       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"]);
diff --git a/test/functional/interface_bitcoin_cli.py b/test/functional/interface_bitcoin_cli.py
--- a/test/functional/interface_bitcoin_cli.py
+++ b/test/functional/interface_bitcoin_cli.py
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@
         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'],