diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c b/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c
index 8a673bf577..02d0e87fbf 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c
@@ -352,11 +352,17 @@ static void _netif_list_ipv6(ipv6_addr_t *addr, uint8_t flags)
     printf("inet6 addr: ");
     ipv6_addr_to_str(addr_str, addr, sizeof(addr_str));
     printf("%s  scope: ", addr_str);
-    if ((ipv6_addr_is_link_local(addr))) {
-        printf("local");
+    if (ipv6_addr_is_link_local(addr)) {
+        printf("link");
+    }
+    else if (ipv6_addr_is_site_local(addr)) {
+        printf("site");
+    }
+    else if (ipv6_addr_is_global(addr)) {
+        printf("global");
     }
     else {
-        printf("global");
+        printf("unknown");
     }
     if (flags & GNRC_NETIF_IPV6_ADDRS_FLAGS_ANYCAST) {
         printf(" [anycast]");
diff --git a/tests/gnrc_ipv6_ext_frag/tests/01-run.py b/tests/gnrc_ipv6_ext_frag/tests/01-run.py
index d26bc14403..246b9c5324 100755
--- a/tests/gnrc_ipv6_ext_frag/tests/01-run.py
+++ b/tests/gnrc_ipv6_ext_frag/tests/01-run.py
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ def testfunc(child):
         child.expect("HWaddr: (?P<hwaddr>[A-Fa-f:0-9]+)")
         hwaddr_dst = child.match.group("hwaddr").lower()
         res = child.expect([
-            r"(?P<lladdr>fe80::[A-Fa-f:0-9]+)\s+scope:\s+local\s+VAL",
+            r"(?P<lladdr>fe80::[A-Fa-f:0-9]+)\s+scope:\s+link\s+VAL",
             pexpect.TIMEOUT
         ])
         count += 1
diff --git a/tests/nanocoap_cli/main.c b/tests/nanocoap_cli/main.c
index 26f7d9f734..22084f0062 100644
--- a/tests/nanocoap_cli/main.c
+++ b/tests/nanocoap_cli/main.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static void _print_addr(ipv6_addr_t *addr, uint8_t flags)
     ipv6_addr_to_str(addr_str, addr, sizeof(addr_str));
     printf("%s  scope: ", addr_str);
     if ((ipv6_addr_is_link_local(addr))) {
-        printf("local");
+        printf("link");
     }
     else {
         printf("global");