diff --git a/src/rpc/misc.cpp b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
index 4bfcc9387..5afcf6353 100644
--- a/src/rpc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
@@ -89,10 +89,8 @@ UniValue getinfo(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
 #endif
     obj.push_back(Pair("blocks",        (int)chainActive.Height()));
     obj.push_back(Pair("timeoffset",    GetTimeOffset()));
-    if (g_connman) {
-        obj.push_back(Pair("networkactive", g_connman->GetNetworkActive()));
+    if(g_connman)
         obj.push_back(Pair("connections",   (int)g_connman->GetNodeCount(CConnman::CONNECTIONS_ALL)));
-    }
     obj.push_back(Pair("proxy",         (proxy.IsValid() ? proxy.proxy.ToStringIPPort() : string())));
     obj.push_back(Pair("difficulty",    (double)GetDifficulty()));
     obj.push_back(Pair("testnet",       Params().TestnetToBeDeprecatedFieldRPC()));
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index 045089e2e..c470a546b 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ UniValue getnetworkinfo(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             "  \"localrelay\": true|false,              (bool) true if transaction relay is requested from peers\n"
             "  \"timeoffset\": xxxxx,                   (numeric) the time offset\n"
             "  \"connections\": xxxxx,                  (numeric) the number of connections\n"
-            "  \"networkactive\": x,                    (numeric) the number of connections\n"
+            "  \"networkactive\": true|false,           (bool) whether p2p networking is enabled\n"
             "  \"networks\": [                          (array) information per network\n"
             "  {\n"
             "    \"name\": \"xxx\",                     (string) network (ipv4, ipv6 or onion)\n"
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ UniValue getnetworkinfo(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     obj.push_back(Pair("localrelay",     fRelayTxes));
     obj.push_back(Pair("timeoffset",    GetTimeOffset()));
     if (g_connman) {
-        obj.push_back(Pair("networkactive", (int)g_connman->GetNetworkActive()));
+        obj.push_back(Pair("networkactive", g_connman->GetNetworkActive()));
         obj.push_back(Pair("connections",   (int)g_connman->GetNodeCount(CConnman::CONNECTIONS_ALL)));
     }
     obj.push_back(Pair("networks",      GetNetworksInfo()));
@@ -578,8 +578,8 @@ UniValue setnetworkactive(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 {
     if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() != 1) {
         throw runtime_error(
-            "setnetworkactive \"true|false\"\n"
-            "Disable/Re-Enable all network activity temporarily."
+            "setnetworkactive true|false\n"
+            "Disable/enable all p2p network activity."
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
index 03594878e..c98d4b11d 100644
--- a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
@@ -86,21 +86,21 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_togglenetwork)
     UniValue r;
 
     r = CallRPC("getnetworkinfo");
-    int netState = find_value(r.get_obj(), "networkactive").get_int();
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(netState, 1);
+    bool netState = find_value(r.get_obj(), "networkactive").get_bool();
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(netState, true);
 
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(CallRPC("setnetworkactive false"));
     r = CallRPC("getnetworkinfo");
     int numConnection = find_value(r.get_obj(), "connections").get_int();
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(numConnection, 0);
 
-    netState = find_value(r.get_obj(), "networkactive").get_int();
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(netState, 0);
+    netState = find_value(r.get_obj(), "networkactive").get_bool();
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(netState, false);
 
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(CallRPC("setnetworkactive true"));
     r = CallRPC("getnetworkinfo");
-    netState = find_value(r.get_obj(), "networkactive").get_int();
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(netState, 1);
+    netState = find_value(r.get_obj(), "networkactive").get_bool();
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(netState, true);
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_rawsign)