diff --git a/test/functional/nodehandling.py b/test/functional/disconnect_ban.py
similarity index 97%
rename from test/functional/nodehandling.py
rename to test/functional/disconnect_ban.py
index 2124069d0fd..458b66af030 100755
--- a/test/functional/nodehandling.py
+++ b/test/functional/disconnect_ban.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-"""Test node handling."""
+"""Test node disconnect and ban behavior"""
 import time
 import urllib.parse
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from test_framework.util import (assert_equal,
                                  stop_node,
                                  )
 
-class NodeHandlingTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
+class DisconnectBanTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ class NodeHandlingTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert(found)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    NodeHandlingTest().main()
+    DisconnectBanTest().main()
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index bb12328ec18..08687003875 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ BASE_SCRIPTS= [
     'multi_rpc.py',
     'proxy_test.py',
     'signrawtransactions.py',
-    'nodehandling.py',
+    'disconnect_ban.py',
     'decodescript.py',
     'blockchain.py',
     'disablewallet.py',