diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a9b426b9a9..e458562c8c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ Deprecated Functionality
 
 - ``RecordVal::Lookup(int)`` is deprecated, use ``RecordVal::GetField(int)``.
 
+- ``RecordVal::LookupWithDefault(int)`` is deprecated, use
+  ``RecordVal::GetFieldOrDefault(int)``.
+
 Zeek 3.1.0
 ==========
 
diff --git a/src/Val.cc b/src/Val.cc
index f31c56213d..f4c0f72d8b 100644
--- a/src/Val.cc
+++ b/src/Val.cc
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ static void BuildJSON(threading::formatter::JSON::NullDoubleWriter& writer, Val*
 
 			for ( auto i = 0; i < rt->NumFields(); ++i )
 				{
-				auto value = rval->LookupWithDefault(i);
+				auto value = rval->GetFieldOrDefault(i);
 
 				if ( value && ( ! only_loggable || rt->FieldHasAttr(i, ATTR_LOG) ) )
 					{
@@ -2741,7 +2741,7 @@ void RecordVal::Assign(int field, Val* new_val)
 	Assign(field, {AdoptRef{}, new_val});
 	}
 
-IntrusivePtr<Val> RecordVal::LookupWithDefault(int field) const
+IntrusivePtr<Val> RecordVal::GetFieldOrDefault(int field) const
 	{
 	const auto& val = (*AsRecord())[field];
 
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ IntrusivePtr<Val> RecordVal::Lookup(const char* field, bool with_default) const
 	if ( idx < 0 )
 		reporter->InternalError("missing record field: %s", field);
 
-	return with_default ? LookupWithDefault(idx) : GetField(idx);
+	return with_default ? GetFieldOrDefault(idx) : GetField(idx);
 	}
 
 IntrusivePtr<RecordVal> RecordVal::CoerceTo(IntrusivePtr<RecordType> t,
diff --git a/src/Val.h b/src/Val.h
index 8671298135..7401f9b8f3 100644
--- a/src/Val.h
+++ b/src/Val.h
@@ -986,7 +986,19 @@ public:
 	IntrusivePtr<T> GetField(int field) const
 		{ return cast_intrusive<T>(GetField(field)); }
 
-	IntrusivePtr<Val> LookupWithDefault(int field) const;
+	/**
+	 * Returns the value of a given field index if it's previously been
+	 * assigned, * or else returns the value created from evaluating the
+	 * record field's &default expression.
+	 * @param field  The field index to retrieve.
+	 * @return  The value at the given field index or the default value if
+	 * the field hasn't been assigned yet.
+	 */
+	IntrusivePtr<Val> GetFieldOrDefault(int field) const;
+
+	[[deprecated("Remove in v4.1.  Use GetFieldOrDefault().")]]
+	Val* LookupWithDefault(int field) const
+		{ return GetFieldOrDefault(field).release(); }
 
 	/**
 	 * Looks up the value of a field by field name.  If the field doesn't
diff --git a/src/broker/Data.cc b/src/broker/Data.cc
index 82f41be02d..35dc12733a 100644
--- a/src/broker/Data.cc
+++ b/src/broker/Data.cc
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ broker::expected<broker::data> bro_broker::val_to_data(const Val* v)
 
 		for ( auto i = 0u; i < num_fields; ++i )
 			{
-			auto item_val = rec->LookupWithDefault(i);
+			auto item_val = rec->GetFieldOrDefault(i);
 
 			if ( ! item_val )
 				{
diff --git a/src/file_analysis/File.cc b/src/file_analysis/File.cc
index e514c9a266..c691880300 100644
--- a/src/file_analysis/File.cc
+++ b/src/file_analysis/File.cc
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ void File::RaiseFileOverNewConnection(Connection* conn, bool is_orig)
 
 uint64_t File::LookupFieldDefaultCount(int idx) const
 	{
-	auto v = val->LookupWithDefault(idx);
+	auto v = val->GetFieldOrDefault(idx);
 	return v->AsCount();
 	}
 
 double File::LookupFieldDefaultInterval(int idx) const
 	{
-	auto v = val->LookupWithDefault(idx);
+	auto v = val->GetFieldOrDefault(idx);
 	return v->AsInterval();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/file_analysis/File.h b/src/file_analysis/File.h
index 82f286f70e..f4278500a5 100644
--- a/src/file_analysis/File.h
+++ b/src/file_analysis/File.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ protected:
 	void IncrementByteCount(uint64_t size, int field_idx);
 
 	/**
-	 * Wrapper to RecordVal::LookupWithDefault for the field in #val at index
+	 * Wrapper to RecordVal::GetFieldOrDefault for the field in #val at index
 	 * \a idx which automatically unrefs the Val and returns a converted value.
 	 * @param idx the index of a field of type "count" in \c fa_file.
 	 * @return the value of the field, which may be it &default.
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ protected:
 	uint64_t LookupFieldDefaultCount(int idx) const;
 
 	/**
-	 * Wrapper to RecordVal::LookupWithDefault for the field in #val at index
+	 * Wrapper to RecordVal::GetFieldOrDefault for the field in #val at index
 	 * \a idx which automatically unrefs the Val and returns a converted value.
 	 * @param idx the index of a field of type "interval" in \c fa_file.
 	 * @return the value of the field, which may be it &default.
diff --git a/src/input/Manager.cc b/src/input/Manager.cc
index af80e6cbdb..d72d56a8b9 100644
--- a/src/input/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/input/Manager.cc
@@ -1005,13 +1005,13 @@ Val* Manager::RecordValToIndexVal(RecordVal *r) const
 	int num_fields = type->NumFields();
 
 	if ( num_fields == 1 && type->FieldDecl(0)->type->Tag() != TYPE_RECORD  )
-		idxval = r->LookupWithDefault(0);
+		idxval = r->GetFieldOrDefault(0);
 
 	else
 		{
 		auto l = make_intrusive<ListVal>(TYPE_ANY);
 		for ( int j = 0 ; j < num_fields; j++ )
-			l->Append(r->LookupWithDefault(j));
+			l->Append(r->GetFieldOrDefault(j));
 
 		idxval = std::move(l);
 		}