diff --git a/hugolib/content_map_page.go b/hugolib/content_map_page.go
index 59e25b729..31fbad565 100644
--- a/hugolib/content_map_page.go
+++ b/hugolib/content_map_page.go
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func (m *pageMap) forEachResourceInPage(
 
 	prefix := paths.AddTrailingSlash(ps.Path())
 
-	isBranch := ps.IsNode()
+	isBranch := ps.IsBranch()
 
 	rwr := &doctree.NodeShiftTreeWalker[contentNode]{
 		Tree:     m.treeResources,
diff --git a/hugolib/content_map_page_contentnode.go b/hugolib/content_map_page_contentnode.go
index 4df311d3e..2aeb896f8 100644
--- a/hugolib/content_map_page_contentnode.go
+++ b/hugolib/content_map_page_contentnode.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func (h helperContentNode) isBranchNode(n contentNode) bool {
 	case *pageMetaSource:
 		return nn.pathInfo.IsBranchBundle()
 	case *pageState:
-		return nn.IsNode()
+		return nn.IsBranch()
 	case contentNodeSampleProvider:
 		return h.isBranchNode(nn.sample())
 	default:
diff --git a/hugolib/page__meta.go b/hugolib/page__meta.go
index 755a56d8c..93f85324b 100644
--- a/hugolib/page__meta.go
+++ b/hugolib/page__meta.go
@@ -469,7 +469,12 @@ func (m *pageMeta) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (m *pageMeta) IsNode() bool {
-	return !m.IsPage()
+	hugo.Deprecate(".Page.IsNode", "Use .Page.IsBranch or not .Page.IsPage instead.", "v0.163.0")
+	return m.IsBranch()
+}
+
+func (m *pageMeta) IsBranch() bool {
+	return kinds.IsBranch(m.Kind())
 }
 
 func (m *pageMeta) IsPage() bool {
diff --git a/hugolib/page__output.go b/hugolib/page__output.go
index 3ba2c1102..979fb755b 100644
--- a/hugolib/page__output.go
+++ b/hugolib/page__output.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func newPageOutput(
 	var paginatorProvider page.PaginatorProvider
 	var pag *pagePaginator
 
-	if render && ps.IsNode() {
+	if render && ps.IsBranch() {
 		pag = newPagePaginator(ps)
 		paginatorProvider = pag
 	} else {
diff --git a/hugolib/page_test.go b/hugolib/page_test.go
index 08f7729a7..aa4b6c159 100644
--- a/hugolib/page_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/page_test.go
@@ -1994,6 +1994,42 @@ func content(c resource.ContentProvider) string {
 	return ccs
 }
 
+// See issue 11574.
+func TestPageIsBranch(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	files := `
+-- hugo.toml --
+disableKinds = ["taxonomy", "term", "rss", "sitemap", "robotsTXT", "404"]
+-- content/_index.md --
+-- content/sect/_index.md --
+-- content/sect/p1.md --
+-- layouts/all.html --
+{{ .Kind }}|IsBranch={{ .IsBranch }}|IsPage={{ .IsPage }}
+`
+
+	b := Test(t, files)
+
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/index.html", "home|IsBranch=true|IsPage=false")
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/sect/index.html", "section|IsBranch=true|IsPage=false")
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/sect/p1/index.html", "page|IsBranch=false|IsPage=true")
+}
+
+// See issue 11574.
+func TestPageIsNodeDeprecated(t *testing.T) {
+	files := `
+-- hugo.toml --
+disableKinds = ["taxonomy", "term", "rss", "sitemap", "robotsTXT", "404"]
+-- content/_index.md --
+-- layouts/all.html --
+{{ .IsNode }}
+`
+
+	b := Test(t, files, TestOptInfo())
+
+	b.AssertLogContains(".Page.IsNode was deprecated")
+}
+
 func BenchmarkIsTranslatedOneLanguage(b *testing.B) {
 	// Set it reasonably high to get a balance between cached and uncached calls to IsTranslated.
 	const numPages = 3000
diff --git a/resources/page/page.go b/resources/page/page.go
index f764e7d13..6104eb0ed 100644
--- a/resources/page/page.go
+++ b/resources/page/page.go
@@ -221,10 +221,15 @@ type PageMetaProvider interface {
 	// The title used for links.
 	LinkTitle() string
 
-	// IsNode returns whether this is an item of one of the list types in Hugo,
-	// i.e. not a regular content
+	// IsNode returns whether this is a branch node (e.g. a section).
+	//
+	// Deprecated: Use IsBranch or "not IsPage" instead.
 	IsNode() bool
 
+	// IsBranch returns whether this is a branch node, i.e. a node that
+	// can have descendants (home, section, taxonomy or term).
+	IsBranch() bool
+
 	// IsPage returns whether this is a regular content
 	IsPage() bool
 
diff --git a/resources/page/page_generate/generate_page_wrappers.go b/resources/page/page_generate/generate_page_wrappers.go
index 87e766a7e..f1f288f89 100644
--- a/resources/page/page_generate/generate_page_wrappers.go
+++ b/resources/page/page_generate/generate_page_wrappers.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func generateMarshalJSON(c *codegen.Inspector) error {
 		"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/resources/page",
 		// Exclusion regexps. Matches method names.
 		`\bPage\b`,
+		`\bIsNode\b`,
 	)
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(f, `%s
diff --git a/resources/page/page_marshaljson.autogen.go b/resources/page/page_marshaljson.autogen.go
index 3b2138801..afe595754 100644
--- a/resources/page/page_marshaljson.autogen.go
+++ b/resources/page/page_marshaljson.autogen.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ func MarshalPageToJSON(p Page) ([]byte, error) {
 	lastmod := p.Lastmod()
 	publishDate := p.PublishDate()
 	expiryDate := p.ExpiryDate()
-	aliases := p.Aliases()
 	bundleType := p.BundleType()
 	description := p.Description()
 	draft := p.Draft()
@@ -36,10 +35,10 @@ func MarshalPageToJSON(p Page) ([]byte, error) {
 	layout := p.Layout()
 	linkTitle := p.LinkTitle()
 	isNode := p.IsNode()
+	isBranch := p.IsBranch()
 	isPage := p.IsPage()
 	path := p.Path()
 	slug := p.Slug()
-	lang := p.Lang()
 	isSection := p.IsSection()
 	section := p.Section()
 	sitemap := p.Sitemap()
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ func MarshalPageToJSON(p Page) ([]byte, error) {
 		Lastmod     time.Time
 		PublishDate time.Time
 		ExpiryDate  time.Time
-		Aliases     []string
 		BundleType  string
 		Description string
 		Draft       bool
@@ -61,10 +59,10 @@ func MarshalPageToJSON(p Page) ([]byte, error) {
 		Layout      string
 		LinkTitle   string
 		IsNode      bool
+		IsBranch    bool
 		IsPage      bool
 		Path        string
 		Slug        string
-		Lang        string
 		IsSection   bool
 		Section     string
 		Sitemap     config.SitemapConfig
@@ -75,7 +73,6 @@ func MarshalPageToJSON(p Page) ([]byte, error) {
 		Lastmod:     lastmod,
 		PublishDate: publishDate,
 		ExpiryDate:  expiryDate,
-		Aliases:     aliases,
 		BundleType:  bundleType,
 		Description: description,
 		Draft:       draft,
@@ -85,10 +82,10 @@ func MarshalPageToJSON(p Page) ([]byte, error) {
 		Layout:      layout,
 		LinkTitle:   linkTitle,
 		IsNode:      isNode,
+		IsBranch:    isBranch,
 		IsPage:      isPage,
 		Path:        path,
 		Slug:        slug,
-		Lang:        lang,
 		IsSection:   isSection,
 		Section:     section,
 		Sitemap:     sitemap,
diff --git a/resources/page/page_nop.go b/resources/page/page_nop.go
index 900857902..7dbc5f615 100644
--- a/resources/page/page_nop.go
+++ b/resources/page/page_nop.go
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ func (p *nopPage) IsNode() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func (p *nopPage) IsBranch() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 func (p *nopPage) IsPage() bool {
 	return false
 }
diff --git a/resources/page/testhelpers_test.go b/resources/page/testhelpers_test.go
index e6bae5b3b..d41fe6ec1 100644
--- a/resources/page/testhelpers_test.go
+++ b/resources/page/testhelpers_test.go
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ func (p *testPage) IsNode() bool {
 	panic("testpage: not implemented")
 }
 
+func (p *testPage) IsBranch() bool {
+	panic("testpage: not implemented")
+}
+
 func (p *testPage) IsPage() bool {
 	panic("testpage: not implemented")
 }
diff --git a/tpl/template.go b/tpl/template.go
index 1708adc75..e36d203b6 100644
--- a/tpl/template.go
+++ b/tpl/template.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ type StringBool struct {
 }
 
 type page interface {
-	IsNode() bool
+	IsBranch() bool
 }
 
 type site interface {