diff --git a/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java b/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java
index 8926b2740d6e..67d5f5f205cc 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java
@@ -3172,28 +3172,55 @@ public class UserManager {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns information for all users on this device, including ones marked for deletion.
-     * To retrieve only users that are alive, use {@link #getUsers(boolean)}.
+     * Returns information for all fully-created users on this device, including ones marked for
+     * deletion.
+     *
+     * <p>To retrieve only users that are not marked for deletion, use {@link #getAliveUsers()}.
+     *
+     * <p>To retrieve *all* users (including partial and pre-created users), use
+     * {@link #getUsers(boolean, boolean, boolean)) getUsers(false, false, false)}.
+     *
+     * <p>To retrieve a more specific list of users, use
+     * {@link #getUsers(boolean, boolean, boolean)}.
+     *
+     * @return the list of users that were created.
      *
-     * @return the list of users that exist on the device.
      * @hide
      */
     @UnsupportedAppUsage
     @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.MANAGE_USERS)
     public List<UserInfo> getUsers() {
-        return getUsers(/* excludeDying= */ false);
+        return getUsers(/*excludePartial= */ true, /* excludeDying= */ false,
+                /* excludePreCreated= */ true);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns information for all users on this device. Requires
-     * {@link android.Manifest.permission#MANAGE_USERS} permission.
+     * Returns information for all "usable" users on this device (i.e, it excludes users that are
+     * marked for deletion, pre-created users, etc...).
+     *
+     * <p>To retrieve all fully-created users, use {@link #getUsers()}.
+     *
+     * <p>To retrieve a more specific list of users, use
+     * {@link #getUsers(boolean, boolean, boolean)}.
      *
-     * @param excludeDying specify if the list should exclude users being
-     *            removed.
      * @return the list of users that were created.
      * @hide
      */
+    @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.MANAGE_USERS)
+    public @NonNull List<UserInfo> getAliveUsers() {
+        return getUsers(/*excludePartial= */ true, /* excludeDying= */ true,
+                /* excludePreCreated= */ true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated use {@link #getAliveUsers()} for {@code getUsers(true)}, or
+     * {@link #getUsers()} for @code getUsers(false)}.
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     @UnsupportedAppUsage
+    @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.MANAGE_USERS)
     public @NonNull List<UserInfo> getUsers(boolean excludeDying) {
         return getUsers(/*excludePartial= */ true, excludeDying,
                 /* excludePreCreated= */ true);
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/PermissionMonitor.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/PermissionMonitor.java
index a75a80a606eb..4c63eb488118 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/PermissionMonitor.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/PermissionMonitor.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class PermissionMonitor implements PackageManagerInternal.PackageListObse
             netdPermsUids.put(uid, netdPermsUids.get(uid) | otherNetdPerms);
         }
 
-        List<UserInfo> users = mUserManager.getUsers(true);  // exclude dying users
+        List<UserInfo> users = mUserManager.getAliveUsers();
         if (users != null) {
             for (UserInfo user : users) {
                 mUsers.add(user.id);
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/Vpn.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/Vpn.java
index 73125c144380..234dcc9d74a5 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/Vpn.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/connectivity/Vpn.java
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ public class Vpn {
             final long token = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
             List<UserInfo> users;
             try {
-                users = UserManager.get(mContext).getUsers(true);
+                users = UserManager.get(mContext).getAliveUsers();
             } finally {
                 Binder.restoreCallingIdentity(token);
             }
diff --git a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
index c917e66ea49a..95419cfb9364 100644
--- a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
+++ b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ public class ConnectivityServiceTest {
         MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
         when(mMetricsService.defaultNetworkMetrics()).thenReturn(mDefaultNetworkMetrics);
 
-        when(mUserManager.getUsers(eq(true))).thenReturn(
+        when(mUserManager.getAliveUsers()).thenReturn(
                 Arrays.asList(new UserInfo[] {
                         new UserInfo(VPN_USER, "", 0),
                 }));
diff --git a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/connectivity/PermissionMonitorTest.java b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/connectivity/PermissionMonitorTest.java
index 5a29c2c96ba7..de35f910d53a 100644
--- a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/connectivity/PermissionMonitorTest.java
+++ b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/connectivity/PermissionMonitorTest.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class PermissionMonitorTest {
         MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
         when(mContext.getPackageManager()).thenReturn(mPackageManager);
         when(mContext.getSystemService(eq(Context.USER_SERVICE))).thenReturn(mUserManager);
-        when(mUserManager.getUsers(eq(true))).thenReturn(
+        when(mUserManager.getAliveUsers()).thenReturn(
                 Arrays.asList(new UserInfo[] {
                         new UserInfo(MOCK_USER1, "", 0),
                         new UserInfo(MOCK_USER2, "", 0),
diff --git a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/connectivity/VpnTest.java b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/connectivity/VpnTest.java
index e1e0efa5cf21..d0db55f2bb13 100644
--- a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/connectivity/VpnTest.java
+++ b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/connectivity/VpnTest.java
@@ -1325,15 +1325,14 @@ public class VpnTest {
          * @see UserManagerService#getUsers(boolean)
          */
         doAnswer(invocation -> {
-            final boolean excludeDying = (boolean) invocation.getArguments()[0];
             final ArrayList<UserInfo> result = new ArrayList<>(users.length);
             for (UserInfo ui : users) {
-                if (!excludeDying || (ui.isEnabled() && !ui.partial)) {
+                if (ui.isEnabled() && !ui.partial) {
                     result.add(ui);
                 }
             }
             return result;
-        }).when(mUserManager).getUsers(anyBoolean());
+        }).when(mUserManager).getAliveUsers();
 
         doAnswer(invocation -> {
             final int id = (int) invocation.getArguments()[0];