diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 9edd93000f8..8db1b922c41 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -803,6 +803,11 @@ void InitParameterInteraction()
         if (gArgs.SoftSetBoolArg("-whitelistrelay", true))
             LogPrintf("%s: parameter interaction: -whitelistforcerelay=1 -> setting -whitelistrelay=1\n", __func__);
     }
+
+    // Warn if network-specific options (-addnode, -connect, etc) are
+    // specified in default section of config file, but not overridden
+    // on the command line or in this network's section of the config file.
+    gArgs.WarnForSectionOnlyArgs();
 }
 
 static std::string ResolveErrMsg(const char * const optname, const std::string& strBind)
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 51c28349f39..4101173091c 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -600,6 +600,34 @@ ArgsManager::ArgsManager() :
     // nothing to do
 }
 
+void ArgsManager::WarnForSectionOnlyArgs()
+{
+    // if there's no section selected, don't worry
+    if (m_network.empty()) return;
+
+    // if it's okay to use the default section for this network, don't worry
+    if (m_network == CBaseChainParams::MAIN) return;
+
+    for (const auto& arg : m_network_only_args) {
+        std::pair<bool, std::string> found_result;
+
+        // if this option is overridden it's fine
+        found_result = ArgsManagerHelper::GetArgHelper(m_override_args, arg);
+        if (found_result.first) continue;
+
+        // if there's a network-specific value for this option, it's fine
+        found_result = ArgsManagerHelper::GetArgHelper(m_config_args, ArgsManagerHelper::NetworkArg(*this, arg));
+        if (found_result.first) continue;
+
+        // if there isn't a default value for this option, it's fine
+        found_result = ArgsManagerHelper::GetArgHelper(m_config_args, arg);
+        if (!found_result.first) continue;
+
+        // otherwise, issue a warning
+        LogPrintf("Warning: Config setting for %s only applied on %s network when in [%s] section.\n", arg, m_network, m_network);
+    }
+}
+
 void ArgsManager::SelectConfigNetwork(const std::string& network)
 {
     m_network = network;
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 8132435628f..ba80c21ddcb 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -245,6 +245,14 @@ public:
     void ParseParameters(int argc, const char*const argv[]);
     void ReadConfigFile(const std::string& confPath);
 
+    /**
+     * Log warnings for options in m_section_only_args when
+     * they are specified in the default section but not overridden
+     * on the command line or in a network-specific section in the
+     * config file.
+     */
+    void WarnForSectionOnlyArgs();
+
     /**
      * Return a vector of strings of the given argument
      *