diff --git a/doc/classes/Node.xml b/doc/classes/Node.xml
index 8a12314ba8a..c75b2e305e7 100644
--- a/doc/classes/Node.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/Node.xml
@@ -791,8 +791,8 @@
 		<constant name="NOTIFICATION_DRAG_END" value="22">
 			Notification received when a drag ends.
 		</constant>
-		<constant name="NOTIFICATION_PATH_CHANGED" value="23">
-			Notification received when the node's [NodePath] changed.
+		<constant name="NOTIFICATION_PATH_RENAMED" value="23">
+			Notification received when the node's name or one of its parents' name is changed. This notification is [i]not[/i] received when the node is removed from the scene tree to be added to another parent later on.
 		</constant>
 		<constant name="NOTIFICATION_INTERNAL_PROCESS" value="25">
 			Notification received every frame when the internal process flag is set (see [method set_process_internal]).
diff --git a/scene/main/node.cpp b/scene/main/node.cpp
index 5e004d68638..0d646ff2a9f 100644
--- a/scene/main/node.cpp
+++ b/scene/main/node.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void Node::_notification(int p_notification) {
 				get_multiplayer()->scene_enter_exit_notify(data.scene_file_path, this, false);
 			}
 		} break;
-		case NOTIFICATION_PATH_CHANGED: {
+		case NOTIFICATION_PATH_RENAMED: {
 			if (data.path_cache) {
 				memdelete(data.path_cache);
 				data.path_cache = nullptr;
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ void Node::set_name(const String &p_name) {
 		data.parent->_validate_child_name(this);
 	}
 
-	propagate_notification(NOTIFICATION_PATH_CHANGED);
+	propagate_notification(NOTIFICATION_PATH_RENAMED);
 
 	if (is_inside_tree()) {
 		emit_signal(SNAME("renamed"));
@@ -2829,7 +2829,7 @@ void Node::_bind_methods() {
 	BIND_CONSTANT(NOTIFICATION_INSTANCED);
 	BIND_CONSTANT(NOTIFICATION_DRAG_BEGIN);
 	BIND_CONSTANT(NOTIFICATION_DRAG_END);
-	BIND_CONSTANT(NOTIFICATION_PATH_CHANGED);
+	BIND_CONSTANT(NOTIFICATION_PATH_RENAMED);
 	BIND_CONSTANT(NOTIFICATION_INTERNAL_PROCESS);
 	BIND_CONSTANT(NOTIFICATION_INTERNAL_PHYSICS_PROCESS);
 	BIND_CONSTANT(NOTIFICATION_POST_ENTER_TREE);
diff --git a/scene/main/node.h b/scene/main/node.h
index 2dd32a2e1d4..dc74a335809 100644
--- a/scene/main/node.h
+++ b/scene/main/node.h
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ public:
 		NOTIFICATION_INSTANCED = 20,
 		NOTIFICATION_DRAG_BEGIN = 21,
 		NOTIFICATION_DRAG_END = 22,
-		NOTIFICATION_PATH_CHANGED = 23,
+		NOTIFICATION_PATH_RENAMED = 23,
 		//NOTIFICATION_TRANSLATION_CHANGED = 24, moved below
 		NOTIFICATION_INTERNAL_PROCESS = 25,
 		NOTIFICATION_INTERNAL_PHYSICS_PROCESS = 26,