diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 4894cecfbda..d288ff0ef86 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblock()
 {
     uint256 hash(ParseHashV(request.params[0], "blockhash"));
 
-    int verbosity{ParseVerbosity(request.params[1], /*default_verbosity=*/1)};
+    int verbosity{ParseVerbosity(request.params[1], /*default_verbosity=*/1, /*allow_bool=*/true)};
 
     const CBlockIndex* pblockindex;
     const CBlockIndex* tip;
diff --git a/src/rpc/client.cpp b/src/rpc/client.cpp
index 601e4fa7bf5..43a7a218f66 100644
--- a/src/rpc/client.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/client.cpp
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ static const CRPCConvertParam vRPCConvertParams[] =
     { "getrawmempool", 0, "verbose" },
     { "getrawmempool", 1, "mempool_sequence" },
     { "getorphantxs", 0, "verbosity" },
-    { "getorphantxs", 0, "verbose" },
     { "estimatesmartfee", 0, "conf_target" },
     { "estimaterawfee", 0, "conf_target" },
     { "estimaterawfee", 1, "threshold" },
diff --git a/src/rpc/mempool.cpp b/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
index 7bdbd35ec42..b26d94b0825 100644
--- a/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getorphantxs()
         "\nShows transactions in the tx orphanage.\n"
         "\nEXPERIMENTAL warning: this call may be changed in future releases.\n",
         {
-            {"verbosity|verbose", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Default{0}, "0 for an array of txids (may contain duplicates), 1 for an array of objects with tx details, and 2 for details from (1) and tx hex",
+            {"verbosity", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Default{0}, "0 for an array of txids (may contain duplicates), 1 for an array of objects with tx details, and 2 for details from (1) and tx hex",
              RPCArgOptions{.skip_type_check = true}},
         },
         {
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getorphantxs()
             PeerManager& peerman = EnsurePeerman(node);
             std::vector<TxOrphanage::OrphanTxBase> orphanage = peerman.GetOrphanTransactions();
 
-            int verbosity{ParseVerbosity(request.params[0], /*default_verbosity=*/0)};
+            int verbosity{ParseVerbosity(request.params[0], /*default_verbosity=*/0, /*allow_bool*/false)};
 
             UniValue ret(UniValue::VARR);
 
diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index 65e6e40b0dc..db35421688e 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getrawtransaction()
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "The genesis block coinbase is not considered an ordinary transaction and cannot be retrieved");
     }
 
-    int verbosity{ParseVerbosity(request.params[1], /*default_verbosity=*/0)};
+    int verbosity{ParseVerbosity(request.params[1], /*default_verbosity=*/0, /*allow_bool=*/true)};
 
     if (!request.params[2].isNull()) {
         LOCK(cs_main);
diff --git a/src/rpc/util.cpp b/src/rpc/util.cpp
index d71d7d737b0..81461f91ad6 100644
--- a/src/rpc/util.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/util.cpp
@@ -81,10 +81,13 @@ void RPCTypeCheckObj(const UniValue& o,
     }
 }
 
-int ParseVerbosity(const UniValue& arg, int default_verbosity)
+int ParseVerbosity(const UniValue& arg, int default_verbosity, bool allow_bool)
 {
     if (!arg.isNull()) {
         if (arg.isBool()) {
+            if (!allow_bool) {
+                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, "Verbosity was boolean but only integer allowed");
+            }
             return arg.get_bool(); // true = 1
         } else {
             return arg.getInt<int>();
diff --git a/src/rpc/util.h b/src/rpc/util.h
index b8e67597688..f7268f00012 100644
--- a/src/rpc/util.h
+++ b/src/rpc/util.h
@@ -103,11 +103,13 @@ std::vector<unsigned char> ParseHexO(const UniValue& o, std::string_view strKey)
 /**
  * Parses verbosity from provided UniValue.
  *
- * @param[in] arg The verbosity argument as a bool (true) or int (0, 1, 2,...)
+ * @param[in] arg The verbosity argument as an int (0, 1, 2,...) or bool if allow_bool is set to true
  * @param[in] default_verbosity The value to return if verbosity argument is null
+ * @param[in] allow_bool If true, allows arg to be a bool and parses it
  * @returns An integer describing the verbosity level (e.g. 0, 1, 2, etc.)
+ * @throws JSONRPCError if allow_bool is false but arg provided is boolean
  */
-int ParseVerbosity(const UniValue& arg, int default_verbosity);
+int ParseVerbosity(const UniValue& arg, int default_verbosity, bool allow_bool);
 
 /**
  * Validate and return a CAmount from a UniValue number or string.