diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index d107fec70..839b24814 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -3223,10 +3223,10 @@ static bool ContextualCheckBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, c
     // Validation for witness commitments.
     // * We compute the witness hash (which is the hash including witnesses) of all the block's transactions, except the
     //   coinbase (where 0x0000....0000 is used instead).
-    // * The coinbase scriptWitness is a stack of a single 32-byte vector, containing a witness nonce (unconstrained).
+    // * The coinbase scriptWitness is a stack of a single 32-byte vector, containing a witness reserved value (unconstrained).
     // * We build a merkle tree with all those witness hashes as leaves (similar to the hashMerkleRoot in the block header).
     // * There must be at least one output whose scriptPubKey is a single 36-byte push, the first 4 bytes of which are
-    //   {0xaa, 0x21, 0xa9, 0xed}, and the following 32 bytes are SHA256^2(witness root, witness nonce). In case there are
+    //   {0xaa, 0x21, 0xa9, 0xed}, and the following 32 bytes are SHA256^2(witness root, witness reserved value). In case there are
     //   multiple, the last one is used.
     bool fHaveWitness = false;
     if (VersionBitsState(pindexPrev, consensusParams, Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_SEGWIT, versionbitscache) == ThresholdState::ACTIVE) {
@@ -3238,7 +3238,7 @@ static bool ContextualCheckBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, c
             // already does not permit it, it is impossible to trigger in the
             // witness tree.
             if (block.vtx[0]->vin[0].scriptWitness.stack.size() != 1 || block.vtx[0]->vin[0].scriptWitness.stack[0].size() != 32) {
-                return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-witness-nonce-size", true, strprintf("%s : invalid witness nonce size", __func__));
+                return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-witness-nonce-size", true, strprintf("%s : invalid witness reserved value size", __func__));
             }
             CHash256().Write(hashWitness.begin(), 32).Write(&block.vtx[0]->vin[0].scriptWitness.stack[0][0], 32).Finalize(hashWitness.begin());
             if (memcmp(hashWitness.begin(), &block.vtx[0]->vout[commitpos].scriptPubKey[6], 32)) {
@@ -3257,7 +3257,7 @@ static bool ContextualCheckBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, c
         }
     }
 
-    // After the coinbase witness nonce and commitment are verified,
+    // After the coinbase witness reserved value and commitment are verified,
     // we can check if the block weight passes (before we've checked the
     // coinbase witness, it would be possible for the weight to be too
     // large by filling up the coinbase witness, which doesn't change
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index 459687977..0a7807531 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ bool IsWitnessEnabled(const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, const Consensus::Params& pa
 /** When there are blocks in the active chain with missing data, rewind the chainstate and remove them from the block index */
 bool RewindBlockIndex(const CChainParams& params);
 
-/** Update uncommitted block structures (currently: only the witness nonce). This is safe for submitted blocks. */
+/** Update uncommitted block structures (currently: only the witness reserved value). This is safe for submitted blocks. */
 void UpdateUncommittedBlockStructures(CBlock& block, const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams);
 
 /** Produce the necessary coinbase commitment for a block (modifies the hash, don't call for mined blocks). */
diff --git a/test/functional/p2p_segwit.py b/test/functional/p2p_segwit.py
index 8b226c2e9..e6af35fc3 100755
--- a/test/functional/p2p_segwit.py
+++ b/test/functional/p2p_segwit.py
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ class SegWitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
         assert(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash() == block.hash)
 
-        # Now make sure that malleating the witness nonce doesn't
+        # Now make sure that malleating the witness reserved value doesn't
         # result in a block permanently marked bad.
         block = self.build_next_block()
         add_witness_commitment(block)
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ class SegWitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         block.vtx[0].wit.vtxinwit[0].scriptWitness.stack = [ ser_uint256(1) ]
         test_witness_block(self.nodes[0].rpc, self.test_node, block, accepted=False)
 
-        # Changing the witness nonce doesn't change the block hash
+        # Changing the witness reserved value doesn't change the block hash
         block.vtx[0].wit.vtxinwit[0].scriptWitness.stack = [ ser_uint256(0) ]
         test_witness_block(self.nodes[0].rpc, self.test_node, block, accepted=True)