diff --git a/src/expr/bitwise.c b/src/expr/bitwise.c
index 2d272335e377..4cac017736fe 100644
--- a/src/expr/bitwise.c
+++ b/src/expr/bitwise.c
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ nftnl_expr_bitwise_parse(struct nftnl_expr *e, struct nlattr *attr)
 }
 
 static int
-nftnl_expr_bitwise_snprintf_bool(char *buf, size_t remain,
-				 const struct nftnl_expr_bitwise *bitwise)
+nftnl_expr_bitwise_snprintf_mask_xor(char *buf, size_t remain,
+				     const struct nftnl_expr_bitwise *bitwise)
 {
 	int offset = 0, ret;
 
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ nftnl_expr_bitwise_snprintf(char *buf, size_t size,
 	int err = -1;
 
 	switch (bitwise->op) {
-	case NFT_BITWISE_BOOL:
-		err = nftnl_expr_bitwise_snprintf_bool(buf, size, bitwise);
+	case NFT_BITWISE_MASK_XOR:
+		err = nftnl_expr_bitwise_snprintf_mask_xor(buf, size, bitwise);
 		break;
 	case NFT_BITWISE_LSHIFT:
 		err = nftnl_expr_bitwise_snprintf_shift(buf, size, "<<", bitwise);
diff --git a/tests/nft-expr_bitwise-test.c b/tests/nft-expr_bitwise-test.c
index 44c4bf06f041..95e9a1952084 100644
--- a/tests/nft-expr_bitwise-test.c
+++ b/tests/nft-expr_bitwise-test.c
@@ -27,32 +27,32 @@ static void print_err(const char *test, const char *msg)
 	printf("\033[31mERROR:\e[0m [%s] %s\n", test, msg);
 }
 
-static void cmp_nftnl_expr_bool(struct nftnl_expr *rule_a,
-				struct nftnl_expr *rule_b)
+static void cmp_nftnl_expr_mask_xor(struct nftnl_expr *rule_a,
+				    struct nftnl_expr *rule_b)
 {
 	uint32_t maska, maskb;
 	uint32_t xora, xorb;
 
 	if (nftnl_expr_get_u32(rule_a, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_DREG) !=
 	    nftnl_expr_get_u32(rule_b, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_DREG))
-		print_err("bool", "Expr BITWISE_DREG mismatches");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "Expr BITWISE_DREG mismatches");
 	if (nftnl_expr_get_u32(rule_a, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_SREG) !=
 	    nftnl_expr_get_u32(rule_b, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_SREG))
-		print_err("bool", "Expr BITWISE_SREG mismatches");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "Expr BITWISE_SREG mismatches");
 	if (nftnl_expr_get_u32(rule_a, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_OP) !=
 	    nftnl_expr_get_u32(rule_b, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_OP))
-		print_err("bool", "Expr BITWISE_OP mismatches");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "Expr BITWISE_OP mismatches");
 	if (nftnl_expr_get_u16(rule_a, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_LEN) !=
 	    nftnl_expr_get_u16(rule_b, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_LEN))
-		print_err("bool", "Expr BITWISE_LEN mismatches");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "Expr BITWISE_LEN mismatches");
 	nftnl_expr_get(rule_a, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_MASK, &maska);
 	nftnl_expr_get(rule_b, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_MASK, &maskb);
 	if (maska != maskb)
-		print_err("bool", "Size of BITWISE_MASK mismatches");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "Size of BITWISE_MASK mismatches");
 	nftnl_expr_get(rule_a, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_XOR, &xora);
 	nftnl_expr_get(rule_b, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_XOR, &xorb);
 	if (xora != xorb)
-		print_err("bool", "Size of BITWISE_XOR mismatches");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "Size of BITWISE_XOR mismatches");
 }
 
 static void cmp_nftnl_expr_lshift(struct nftnl_expr *rule_a,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void cmp_nftnl_expr_rshift(struct nftnl_expr *rule_a,
 		print_err("rshift", "Expr BITWISE_DATA mismatches");
 }
 
-static void test_bool(void)
+static void test_mask_xor(void)
 {
 	struct nftnl_rule *a, *b = NULL;
 	struct nftnl_expr *ex = NULL;
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ static void test_bool(void)
 	a = nftnl_rule_alloc();
 	b = nftnl_rule_alloc();
 	if (a == NULL || b == NULL)
-		print_err("bool", "OOM");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "OOM");
 	ex = nftnl_expr_alloc("bitwise");
 	if (ex == NULL)
-		print_err("bool", "OOM");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "OOM");
 
 	nftnl_expr_set_u32(ex, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_SREG, 0x12345678);
 	nftnl_expr_set_u32(ex, NFTNL_EXPR_BITWISE_DREG, 0x78123456);
@@ -133,26 +133,26 @@ static void test_bool(void)
 	nftnl_rule_nlmsg_build_payload(nlh, a);
 
 	if (nftnl_rule_nlmsg_parse(nlh, b) < 0)
-		print_err("bool", "parsing problems");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "parsing problems");
 
 	iter_a = nftnl_expr_iter_create(a);
 	iter_b = nftnl_expr_iter_create(b);
 	if (iter_a == NULL || iter_b == NULL)
-		print_err("bool", "OOM");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "OOM");
 
 	rule_a = nftnl_expr_iter_next(iter_a);
 	rule_b = nftnl_expr_iter_next(iter_b);
 	if (rule_a == NULL || rule_b == NULL)
-		print_err("bool", "OOM");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "OOM");
 
 	if (nftnl_expr_iter_next(iter_a) != NULL ||
 	    nftnl_expr_iter_next(iter_b) != NULL)
-		print_err("bool", "More 1 expr.");
+		print_err("mask & xor", "More 1 expr.");
 
 	nftnl_expr_iter_destroy(iter_a);
 	nftnl_expr_iter_destroy(iter_b);
 
-	cmp_nftnl_expr_bool(rule_a,rule_b);
+	cmp_nftnl_expr_mask_xor(rule_a,rule_b);
 
 	nftnl_rule_free(a);
 	nftnl_rule_free(b);
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static void test_rshift(void)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	test_bool();
+	test_mask_xor();
 	if (!test_ok)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 
