diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Commands/Transaction.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Commands/Transaction.hs
index 668fb3465b..a12084f5d2 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Commands/Transaction.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Commands/Transaction.hs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ data LegacyTransactionCmds
       [MetadataFile]
       (Maybe UpdateProposalFile)
       [VoteFile In]
-      [NewConstitutionFile In]
+      [ProposalFile In]
       TxBuildOutputOptions
   | TxSign
       InputTxBodyOrTxFile
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Options.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Options.hs
index d9c5289706..a354fe953e 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Options.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Options.hs
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ pTransaction envCli =
       <*> many pMetadataFile
       <*> optional pUpdateProposalFile
       <*> many (pFileInDirection "vote-file" "Filepath of the vote.")
-      <*> many (pFileInDirection "constitution-file" "Filepath of the constitution.")
+      <*> many (pFileInDirection "proposal-file" "Filepath of the proposal.")
       <*> (OutputTxBodyOnly <$> pTxBodyFileOut <|> pCalculatePlutusScriptCost)
 
   pChangeAddress :: Parser TxOutChangeAddress
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Run/Transaction.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Run/Transaction.hs
index 6e9cd4d152..41dd31747f 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Run/Transaction.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Legacy/Run/Transaction.hs
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ runTxBuildCmd
   -> [MetadataFile]
   -> Maybe UpdateProposalFile
   -> [VoteFile In]
-  -> [NewConstitutionFile In] -- TODO: Conway era - we should replace this with a sumtype that handles all governance actions
+  -> [File () In] -- TODO: Conway era - we should replace this with a sumtype that handles all governance actions
   -> TxBuildOutputOptions
   -> ExceptT ShelleyTxCmdError IO ()
 runTxBuildCmd
     socketPath (AnyCardanoEra cEra) consensusModeParams@(AnyConsensusModeParams cModeParams) nid
     mScriptValidity mOverrideWits txins readOnlyRefIns reqSigners txinsc mReturnColl mTotCollateral txouts
     changeAddr mValue mLowBound mUpperBound certs wdrls metadataSchema scriptFiles metadataFiles mUpProp
-    conwayVotes newConstitutions outputOptions = do
+    conwayVotes newProposals outputOptions = do
 
   -- The user can specify an era prior to the era that the node is currently in.
   -- We cannot use the user specified era to construct a query against a node because it may differ
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ runTxBuildCmd
       cEra
 
   proposals <- newExceptT $ first ShelleyTxCmdConstitutionError
-                  <$> readTxNewConstitutionActions cEra newConstitutions
-
+                  <$> readTxGovernanceActions cEra newProposals
 
   -- the same collateral input can be used for several plutus scripts
   let filteredTxinsc = Set.toList $ Set.fromList txinsc
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Read.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Read.hs
index 560ed1666c..4e2fe73037 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Read.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Read.hs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module Cardano.CLI.Read
   -- * Governance related
   , ConstitutionError(..)
   , VoteError (..)
-  , readTxNewConstitutionActions
+  , readTxGovernanceActions
 
   -- * FileOrPipe
   , FileOrPipe
@@ -776,22 +776,22 @@ data ConstitutionError
   | ConstitutionsNotSupportedInEra AnyCardanoEra
   deriving Show
 
-readTxNewConstitutionActions
+readTxGovernanceActions
   :: CardanoEra era
-  -> [NewConstitutionFile In]
+  -> [ProposalFile In]
   -> IO (Either ConstitutionError (TxGovernanceActions era))
-readTxNewConstitutionActions _ [] = return $ Right TxGovernanceActionsNone
-readTxNewConstitutionActions era files = runExceptT $ do
+readTxGovernanceActions _ [] = return $ Right TxGovernanceActionsNone
+readTxGovernanceActions era files = runExceptT $ do
   w <- maybeFeatureInEra era
         & hoistMaybe (ConstitutionsNotSupportedInEra $ cardanoEraConstraints era $ AnyCardanoEra era)
-  constitutions <- newExceptT $ sequence <$> mapM (readConstitution w) files
-  pure $ TxGovernanceActions w constitutions
+  proposals <- newExceptT $ sequence <$> mapM (readProposal w) files
+  pure $ TxGovernanceActions w proposals
 
-readConstitution
+readProposal
   :: ConwayEraOnwards era
-  -> NewConstitutionFile In
+  -> ProposalFile In
   -> IO (Either ConstitutionError (Proposal era))
-readConstitution w fp =
+readProposal w fp =
   first ConstitutionErrorFile
     <$> conwayEraOnwardsConstraints w (readFileTextEnvelope AsProposal fp)
 
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Types/Common.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Types/Common.hs
index 1eaf0743c8..92bdf23f55 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Types/Common.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Types/Common.hs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ module Cardano.CLI.Types.Common
   , ParserFileDirection (..)
   , IdOutputFormat (..)
   , PrivKeyFile(..)
+  , ProposalFile
   , ProtocolParamsFile(..)
   , ReferenceScriptAnyEra (..)
   , RequiredSigner (..)
@@ -270,6 +271,8 @@ instance Crypto.Crypto crypto =>  ToJSON (Params crypto) where
 
 type SigningKeyFile = File (SigningKey ())
 
+type ProposalFile = File ()
+
 newtype UpdateProposalFile = UpdateProposalFile { unUpdateProposalFile :: FilePath }
                              deriving newtype (Eq, Show)
 
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
index 552f7fd90f..c6d240dd15 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
@@ -2234,7 +2234,7 @@ Usage: cardano-cli legacy transaction build --socket-path SOCKET_PATH
                                               ]
                                               [--update-proposal-file FILE]
                                               [--vote-file FILE]
-                                              [--constitution-file FILE]
+                                              [--proposal-file FILE]
                                               ( --out-file FILE
                                               | --calculate-plutus-script-cost FILE
                                               )
@@ -3548,7 +3548,7 @@ Usage: cardano-cli transaction build --socket-path SOCKET_PATH
                                        ]
                                        [--update-proposal-file FILE]
                                        [--vote-file FILE]
-                                       [--constitution-file FILE]
+                                       [--proposal-file FILE]
                                        ( --out-file FILE
                                        | --calculate-plutus-script-cost FILE
                                        )
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/legacy_transaction_build.cli b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/legacy_transaction_build.cli
index b3c393bf31..06e25919d6 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/legacy_transaction_build.cli
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/legacy_transaction_build.cli
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Usage: cardano-cli legacy transaction build --socket-path SOCKET_PATH
                                               ]
                                               [--update-proposal-file FILE]
                                               [--vote-file FILE]
-                                              [--constitution-file FILE]
+                                              [--proposal-file FILE]
                                               ( --out-file FILE
                                               | --calculate-plutus-script-cost FILE
                                               )
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ Available options:
   --update-proposal-file FILE
                            Filepath of the update proposal.
   --vote-file FILE         Filepath of the vote.
-  --constitution-file FILE Filepath of the constitution.
+  --proposal-file FILE     Filepath of the proposal.
   --out-file FILE          Output filepath of the JSON TxBody.
   --calculate-plutus-script-cost FILE
                            (File () Out) filepath of the script cost
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/transaction_build.cli b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/transaction_build.cli
index 262ba4342a..62574b3727 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/transaction_build.cli
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/transaction_build.cli
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Usage: cardano-cli transaction build --socket-path SOCKET_PATH
                                        ]
                                        [--update-proposal-file FILE]
                                        [--vote-file FILE]
-                                       [--constitution-file FILE]
+                                       [--proposal-file FILE]
                                        ( --out-file FILE
                                        | --calculate-plutus-script-cost FILE
                                        )
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ Available options:
   --update-proposal-file FILE
                            Filepath of the update proposal.
   --vote-file FILE         Filepath of the vote.
-  --constitution-file FILE Filepath of the constitution.
+  --proposal-file FILE     Filepath of the proposal.
   --out-file FILE          Output filepath of the JSON TxBody.
   --calculate-plutus-script-cost FILE
                            (File () Out) filepath of the script cost