diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba0e89c77..5e18a99c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ polling until all detachments complete.
 An existing function `spdk_nvme_detach_async` was updated to add one or more detachments
 to an active context while it is being polled.
 
+Rename a variable in the member `cmic` of the struct `spdk_nvme_ctrlr_data` from
+`multi_host` to `multi_ctrlr`. The variable means that the NVM subsystem may have two or
+more controllers if set to 1. However `multi_host` had indicated a particular use case
+such that the NVM subsystem is used by multiple hosts.
+
 ### rpc
 
 New RPC `bdev_rbd_register_cluster` and `bdev_rbd_unregister_cluster` was added, it allows to create
diff --git a/examples/nvme/identify/identify.c b/examples/nvme/identify/identify.c
index 6e7294e97..1fddaf054 100644
--- a/examples/nvme/identify/identify.c
+++ b/examples/nvme/identify/identify.c
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ print_controller(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, const struct spdk_nvme_transport
 	       cdata->ieee[0], cdata->ieee[1], cdata->ieee[2]);
 	printf("Multi-path I/O\n");
 	printf("  May have multiple subsystem ports:   %s\n", cdata->cmic.multi_port ? "Yes" : "No");
-	printf("  May be connected to multiple hosts:  %s\n", cdata->cmic.multi_host ? "Yes" : "No");
+	printf("  May have multiple controllers:       %s\n", cdata->cmic.multi_ctrlr ? "Yes" : "No");
 	printf("  Associated with SR-IOV VF:           %s\n", cdata->cmic.sr_iov ? "Yes" : "No");
 	printf("Max Data Transfer Size:                ");
 	if (cdata->mdts == 0) {
diff --git a/include/spdk/nvme_spec.h b/include/spdk/nvme_spec.h
index d44755819..e534bf8cb 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvme_spec.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvme_spec.h
@@ -1875,7 +1875,7 @@ struct __attribute__((packed)) spdk_nvme_ctrlr_data {
 	/** controller multi-path I/O and namespace sharing capabilities */
 	struct {
 		uint8_t multi_port	: 1;
-		uint8_t multi_host	: 1;
+		uint8_t multi_ctrlr	: 1;
 		uint8_t sr_iov		: 1;
 		uint8_t ana_reporting	: 1;
 		uint8_t reserved	: 4;
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c b/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
index 98e2a8b84..342126e0c 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_ctrlr_identify_ctrlr(struct spdk_nvmf_ctrlr *ctrlr, struct spdk_nvme_c
 
 		cdata->rab = 6;
 		cdata->cmic.multi_port = 1;
-		cdata->cmic.multi_host = 1;
+		cdata->cmic.multi_ctrlr = 1;
 		if (subsystem->flags.ana_reporting) {
 			/* Asymmetric Namespace Access Reporting is supported. */
 			cdata->cmic.ana_reporting = 1;
diff --git a/test/external_code/nvme/identify.c b/test/external_code/nvme/identify.c
index 640ad17df..e63434669 100644
--- a/test/external_code/nvme/identify.c
+++ b/test/external_code/nvme/identify.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ print_controller(struct nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr, const struct spdk_pci_addr *addr)
 	       cdata->ieee[0], cdata->ieee[1], cdata->ieee[2]);
 	printf("Multi-path I/O\n");
 	printf("  May have multiple subsystem ports:   %s\n", cdata->cmic.multi_port ? "Yes" : "No");
-	printf("  May be connected to multiple hosts:  %s\n", cdata->cmic.multi_host ? "Yes" : "No");
+	printf("  May have multiple controllers:       %s\n", cdata->cmic.multi_ctrlr ? "Yes" : "No");
 	printf("  Associated with SR-IOV VF:           %s\n", cdata->cmic.sr_iov ? "Yes" : "No");
 	printf("Max Number of Namespaces:              %d\n", cdata->nn);
 	if (cdata->ver.raw != 0) {