diff --git a/src/qt/forms/debugwindow.ui b/src/qt/forms/debugwindow.ui
index 7faa1d25d387d..90f6d8eb34777 100644
--- a/src/qt/forms/debugwindow.ui
+++ b/src/qt/forms/debugwindow.ui
@@ -1026,14 +1026,17 @@
                 </widget>
                </item>
                <item row="4" column="0">
-                <widget class="QLabel" name="label_23">
+               <widget class="QLabel" name="peerConnectionTypeLabel">
+                 <property name="toolTip">
+                   <string>The type of peer connection:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inbound: initiated by peer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outbound Full Relay: default&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outbound Block Relay: does not relay transactions or addresses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outbound Manual: added using RPC %1 or %2/%3 configuration options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outbound Feeler: short-lived, for testing addresses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outbound Address Fetch: short-lived, for soliciting addresses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</string>
+                 </property>
                  <property name="text">
-                  <string>Direction</string>
+                  <string>Connection Type</string>
                  </property>
                 </widget>
                </item>
                <item row="4" column="2">
-                <widget class="QLabel" name="peerDirection">
+                <widget class="QLabel" name="peerConnectionType">
                  <property name="cursor">
                   <cursorShape>IBeamCursor</cursorShape>
                  </property>
diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
index 2fd1f32611526..d6fb85473bba1 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
@@ -1660,6 +1660,19 @@ QString NetworkToQString(Network net)
     assert(false);
 }
 
+QString ConnectionTypeToQString(ConnectionType conn_type)
+{
+    switch (conn_type) {
+    case ConnectionType::INBOUND: return QObject::tr("Inbound");
+    case ConnectionType::OUTBOUND_FULL_RELAY: return QObject::tr("Outbound Full Relay");
+    case ConnectionType::BLOCK_RELAY: return QObject::tr("Outbound Block Relay");
+    case ConnectionType::MANUAL: return QObject::tr("Outbound Manual");
+    case ConnectionType::FEELER: return QObject::tr("Outbound Feeler");
+    case ConnectionType::ADDR_FETCH: return QObject::tr("Outbound Address Fetch");
+    } // no default case, so the compiler can warn about missing cases
+    assert(false);
+}
+
 QString formatDurationStr(int secs)
 {
     QStringList strList;
diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.h b/src/qt/guiutil.h
index d53ac4522c02a..cbe8cb239c6ae 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.h
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <amount.h>
 #include <fs.h>
 #include <qt/guiconstants.h>
+#include <net.h>
 #include <netaddress.h>
 #include <util/check.h>
 
@@ -15,13 +16,13 @@
 #include <QEvent>
 #include <QHeaderView>
 #include <QItemDelegate>
+#include <QLabel>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QMetaObject>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QProgressBar>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QTableView>
-#include <QLabel>
 
 #include <cassert>
 #include <chrono>
@@ -396,6 +397,9 @@ namespace GUIUtil
     /** Convert enum Network to QString */
     QString NetworkToQString(Network net);
 
+    /** Convert enum ConnectionType to QString */
+    QString ConnectionTypeToQString(ConnectionType conn_type);
+
     /** Convert seconds into a QString with days, hours, mins, secs */
     QString formatDurationStr(int secs);
 
diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
index dd7f52c56d57b..59b25abde8fb7 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ RPCConsole::RPCConsole(interfaces::Node& node, QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags
     ui->dataDir->setToolTip(ui->dataDir->toolTip().arg(QString(nonbreaking_hyphen) + "datadir"));
     ui->blocksDir->setToolTip(ui->blocksDir->toolTip().arg(QString(nonbreaking_hyphen) + "blocksdir"));
     ui->openDebugLogfileButton->setToolTip(ui->openDebugLogfileButton->toolTip().arg(PACKAGE_NAME));
+    ui->peerConnectionTypeLabel->setToolTip(ui->peerConnectionTypeLabel->toolTip().arg("addnode").arg(QString(nonbreaking_hyphen) + "addnode").arg(QString(nonbreaking_hyphen) + "connect"));
 
     setButtonIcons();
 
@@ -1249,11 +1250,7 @@ void RPCConsole::updateDetailWidget()
     ui->timeoffset->setText(GUIUtil::formatTimeOffset(stats->nodeStats.nTimeOffset));
     ui->peerVersion->setText(QString::number(stats->nodeStats.nVersion));
     ui->peerSubversion->setText(QString::fromStdString(stats->nodeStats.cleanSubVer));
-    ui->peerDirection->setText(stats->nodeStats.fInbound
-            ? tr("Inbound")
-            : stats->nodeStats.fRelayTxes
-                ? tr("Outbound")
-                : tr("Outbound block-relay"));
+    ui->peerConnectionType->setText(GUIUtil::ConnectionTypeToQString(stats->nodeStats.m_conn_type));
     ui->peerNetwork->setText(GUIUtil::NetworkToQString(stats->nodeStats.m_network));
     if (stats->nodeStats.m_permissionFlags == NetPermissionFlags::None) {
         ui->peerPermissions->setText(tr("N/A"));
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index 900dff679244e..7eff685c6050f 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
                     {RPCResult::Type::STR, "subver", "The string version"},
                     {RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "inbound", "Inbound (true) or Outbound (false)"},
                     {RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "addnode", "Whether connection was due to addnode/-connect or if it was an automatic/inbound connection"},
-                    {RPCResult::Type::STR, "connection_type", "Type of connection: \n" + Join(CONNECTION_TYPE_DOC, ",\n") + ".\n"
-                                                              "Please note this output is unlikely to be stable in upcoming releases as we iterate to\n"
-                                                              "best capture connection behaviors."},
                     {RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "masternode", "Whether connection was due to masternode connection attempt"},
                     {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "banscore", "The ban score (DEPRECATED, returned only if config option -deprecatedrpc=banscore is passed)"},
                     {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "startingheight", "The starting height (block) of the peer"},
@@ -165,6 +162,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
                                                       "When a message type is not listed in this json object, the bytes received are 0.\n"
                                                       "Only known message types can appear as keys in the object and all bytes received of unknown message types are listed under '"+NET_MESSAGE_COMMAND_OTHER+"'."}
                     }},
+                    {RPCResult::Type::STR, "connection_type", "Type of connection: \n" + Join(CONNECTION_TYPE_DOC, ",\n") + ".\n"
+                                                               "Please note this output is unlikely to be stable in upcoming releases as we iterate to\n"
+                                                               "best capture connection behaviors."},
                 }},
             }}},
         RPCExamples{