diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -4468,11 +4468,10 @@
     // associated with an address, but we return an array so the API remains
     // stable if we allow multiple labels to be associated with an address in
     // the future.
-    //
-    // DEPRECATED: The previous behavior of returning an array containing a JSON
-    // object of `name` and `purpose` key/value pairs has been deprecated.
     UniValue labels(UniValue::VARR);
     if (address_book_entry) {
+        // DEPRECATED: The previous behavior of returning an array containing a
+        // JSON object of `name` and `purpose` key/value pairs is deprecated.
         if (pwallet->chain().rpcEnableDeprecated("labelspurpose")) {
             labels.push_back(AddressBookDataToJSON(*address_book_entry, true));
         } else {
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_getaddressinfo_labels_purpose_deprecation.py b/test/functional/rpc_getaddressinfo_labels_purpose_deprecation.py
--- a/test/functional/rpc_getaddressinfo_labels_purpose_deprecation.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_getaddressinfo_labels_purpose_deprecation.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 """
 Test deprecation of RPC getaddressinfo `labels` returning an array
-containing a JSON hash of `name` and purpose` key-value pairs. It now
-returns an array of label names.
+containing a JSON object of `name` and purpose` key-value pairs. It now
+returns an array containing only the label name.
 
 """
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework