diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 142b1f19d..534aeed24 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Example response:
     "bdev_set_qos_limit",
     "bdev_get_bdevs",
     "bdev_get_iostat",
-    "get_subsystem_config",
+    "framework_get_config",
     "framework_get_subsystems",
     "framework_monitor_context_switch",
     "spdk_kill_instance",
@@ -402,9 +402,9 @@ Example response:
 }
 ~~~
 
-## get_subsystem_config {#rpc_get_subsystem_config}
+## framework_get_config {#rpc_framework_get_config}
 
-Get current configuration of the specified SPDK subsystem
+Get current configuration of the specified SPDK framework
 
 ### Parameters
 
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ name                    | Required | string      | SPDK subsystem name
 ### Response
 
 The response is current configuration of the specified SPDK subsystem.
-Null is returned if it is not retrievable by the get_subsystem_config method and empty array is returned if it is empty.
+Null is returned if it is not retrievable by the framework_get_config method and empty array is returned if it is empty.
 
 ### Example
 
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ Example request:
 {
   "jsonrpc": "2.0",
   "id": 1,
-  "method": "get_subsystem_config",
+  "method": "framework_get_config",
   "params": {
     "name": "bdev"
   }
diff --git a/module/event/rpc/subsystem_rpc.c b/module/event/rpc/subsystem_rpc.c
index 850cb0b98..fa18013ed 100644
--- a/module/event/rpc/subsystem_rpc.c
+++ b/module/event/rpc/subsystem_rpc.c
@@ -74,24 +74,24 @@ spdk_rpc_framework_get_subsystems(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("framework_get_subsystems", spdk_rpc_framework_get_subsystems, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
 SPDK_RPC_REGISTER_ALIAS_DEPRECATED(framework_get_subsystems, get_subsystems)
 
-struct rpc_get_subsystem_config {
+struct rpc_framework_get_config {
 	char *name;
 };
 
-static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_get_subsystem_config[] = {
-	{"name", offsetof(struct rpc_get_subsystem_config, name), spdk_json_decode_string},
+static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_framework_get_config[] = {
+	{"name", offsetof(struct rpc_framework_get_config, name), spdk_json_decode_string},
 };
 
 static void
-spdk_rpc_get_subsystem_config(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
+spdk_rpc_framework_get_config(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 			      const struct spdk_json_val *params)
 {
-	struct rpc_get_subsystem_config req = {};
+	struct rpc_framework_get_config req = {};
 	struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w;
 	struct spdk_subsystem *subsystem;
 
-	if (spdk_json_decode_object(params, rpc_get_subsystem_config,
-				    SPDK_COUNTOF(rpc_get_subsystem_config), &req)) {
+	if (spdk_json_decode_object(params, rpc_framework_get_config,
+				    SPDK_COUNTOF(rpc_framework_get_config), &req)) {
 		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS, "Invalid arguments");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -111,4 +111,5 @@ spdk_rpc_get_subsystem_config(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 	spdk_jsonrpc_end_result(request, w);
 }
 
-SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("get_subsystem_config", spdk_rpc_get_subsystem_config, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("framework_get_config", spdk_rpc_framework_get_config, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER_ALIAS_DEPRECATED(framework_get_config, get_subsystem_config)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index e902c9821..bec60d359 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -1836,12 +1836,13 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     entry contain (unsorted) array of subsystems it depends on.""")
     p.set_defaults(func=framework_get_subsystems)
 
-    def get_subsystem_config(args):
-        print_dict(rpc.subsystem.get_subsystem_config(args.client, args.name))
+    def framework_get_config(args):
+        print_dict(rpc.subsystem.framework_get_config(args.client, args.name))
 
-    p = subparsers.add_parser('get_subsystem_config', help="""Print subsystem configuration""")
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('framework_get_config', aliases=['get_subsystem_config'],
+                              help="""Print subsystem configuration""")
     p.add_argument('name', help='Name of subsystem to query')
-    p.set_defaults(func=get_subsystem_config)
+    p.set_defaults(func=framework_get_config)
 
     # vhost
     def set_vhost_controller_coalescing(args):
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/__init__.py b/scripts/rpc/__init__.py
index 0465d922a..a0f715327 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/__init__.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def save_config(client, fd, indent=2):
     for elem in client.call('framework_get_subsystems'):
         cfg = {
             'subsystem': elem['subsystem'],
-            'config': client.call('get_subsystem_config', {"name": elem['subsystem']})
+            'config': client.call('framework_get_config', {"name": elem['subsystem']})
         }
         config['subsystems'].append(cfg)
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def save_subsystem_config(client, fd, indent=2, name=None):
     """
     cfg = {
         'subsystem': name,
-        'config': client.call('get_subsystem_config', {"name": name})
+        'config': client.call('framework_get_config', {"name": name})
     }
 
     _json_dump(cfg, fd, indent)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py b/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py
index 702dc0cb4..a52adbf6b 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/subsystem.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ def framework_get_subsystems(client):
     return client.call('framework_get_subsystems')
 
 
-def get_subsystem_config(client, name):
+@deprecated_alias('get_subsystem_config')
+def framework_get_config(client, name):
     params = {'name': name}
-    return client.call('get_subsystem_config', params)
+    return client.call('framework_get_config', params)
diff --git a/test/json_config/clear_config.py b/test/json_config/clear_config.py
index 0c62fa760..ee679841f 100755
--- a/test/json_config/clear_config.py
+++ b/test/json_config/clear_config.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     @call_test_cmd
     def clear_subsystem(args):
-        config = args.client.call('get_subsystem_config', {"name": args.subsystem})
+        config = args.client.call('framework_get_config', {"name": args.subsystem})
         if config is None:
             return
         if args.verbose:
diff --git a/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh b/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
index 5e8b579d7..d67cf1fc4 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ nvmfappstart "-m 0xF"
 
 $rootdir/scripts/gen_nvme.sh --json | $rpc_py load_subsystem_config
 
-local_nvme_trid="trtype:PCIe traddr:"$($rpc_py get_subsystem_config bdev | jq -r '.[].params | select(.name=="Nvme0").traddr')
+local_nvme_trid="trtype:PCIe traddr:"$($rpc_py framework_get_config bdev | jq -r '.[].params | select(.name=="Nvme0").traddr')
 bdevs="$bdevs $($rpc_py bdev_malloc_create $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE)"
 
 if [ -n "$local_nvme_trid" ]; then