diff --git a/src/Bridges/Constraint/indicator_sos.jl b/src/Bridges/Constraint/indicator_sos.jl
index 93505b570a..c4fd9d4ed1 100644
--- a/src/Bridges/Constraint/indicator_sos.jl
+++ b/src/Bridges/Constraint/indicator_sos.jl
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ function MOI.supports(
 end
 
 function MOI.get(model::MOI.ModelLike, attr::MOI.ConstraintPrimal, bridge::IndicatorSOS1Bridge)
-    zvalue = MOI.get(model, MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.N), bridge.z_variable_index)
-    wvalue = MOI.get(model, MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.N), bridge.w_variable_index)
+    zvalue = MOI.get(model, MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.result_index), bridge.z_variable_index)
+    wvalue = MOI.get(model, MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.result_index), bridge.w_variable_index)
     lin_primal_start = MOI.get(model, attr, bridge.linear_constraint_index)
     return [zvalue, lin_primal_start - wvalue]
 end
diff --git a/src/Bridges/Constraint/semi_to_binary.jl b/src/Bridges/Constraint/semi_to_binary.jl
index aeef00099f..e3a4a0099e 100644
--- a/src/Bridges/Constraint/semi_to_binary.jl
+++ b/src/Bridges/Constraint/semi_to_binary.jl
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ end
 
 function MOI.get(model::MOI.ModelLike, attr::MOI.ConstraintPrimal,
     bridge::SemiToBinaryBridge)
-    MOI.get(model, MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.N), bridge.variable_index)
+    MOI.get(model, MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.result_index), bridge.variable_index)
 end
 
 function MOI.supports(
diff --git a/src/Bridges/Constraint/soc_to_nonconvex_quad.jl b/src/Bridges/Constraint/soc_to_nonconvex_quad.jl
index 6f6c143f1b..abb0a49bd0 100644
--- a/src/Bridges/Constraint/soc_to_nonconvex_quad.jl
+++ b/src/Bridges/Constraint/soc_to_nonconvex_quad.jl
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ end
 # Attributes, Bridge acting as a constraint
 function MOI.get(model::MOI.ModelLike, attr::MOI.ConstraintPrimal,
                  bridge::AbstractSOCtoNonConvexQuadBridge)
-    vals = MOI.get.(model, MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.N), bridge.vars)
+    vals = MOI.get.(model, MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.result_index), bridge.vars)
     return vals
 end
 
diff --git a/src/Bridges/Constraint/vectorize.jl b/src/Bridges/Constraint/vectorize.jl
index a061528681..7351be28cd 100644
--- a/src/Bridges/Constraint/vectorize.jl
+++ b/src/Bridges/Constraint/vectorize.jl
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function MOI.get(
 )
     x = MOI.get(model, attr, bridge.vector_constraint)
     @assert length(x) == 1
-    if MOIU.is_ray(MOI.get(model, MOI.PrimalStatus(attr.N)))
+    if MOIU.is_ray(MOI.get(model, MOI.PrimalStatus(attr.result_index)))
        # If it is an infeasibility certificate, it is a ray and satisfies the
        # homogenized problem, see https://github.com/jump-dev/MathOptInterface.jl/issues/433
        return x[1]
diff --git a/src/Bridges/Variable/vectorize.jl b/src/Bridges/Variable/vectorize.jl
index 3ec9dbbc59..b881f00424 100644
--- a/src/Bridges/Variable/vectorize.jl
+++ b/src/Bridges/Variable/vectorize.jl
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function MOI.get(model::MOI.ModelLike, attr::MOI.ConstraintPrimal,
     x = MOI.get(model, attr, bridge.vector_constraint)
     @assert length(x) == 1
     y = x[1]
-    if !MOIU.is_ray(MOI.get(model, MOI.PrimalStatus(attr.N)))
+    if !MOIU.is_ray(MOI.get(model, MOI.PrimalStatus(attr.result_index)))
        # If it is an infeasibility certificate, it is a ray and satisfies the
        # homogenized problem, see https://github.com/jump-dev/MathOptInterface.jl/issues/433
        # Otherwise, we need to add the set constant since the ConstraintPrimal
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function MOI.get(model::MOI.ModelLike,
                  bridge::VectorizeBridge)
     value = MOI.get(model, attr, bridge.variable)
     if !(attr isa MOI.VariablePrimal &&
-         MOIU.is_ray(MOI.get(model, MOI.PrimalStatus(attr.N))))
+         MOIU.is_ray(MOI.get(model, MOI.PrimalStatus(attr.result_index))))
         value += bridge.set_constant
     end
     return value
diff --git a/src/MathOptInterface.jl b/src/MathOptInterface.jl
index 6153434604..88f84aa49a 100644
--- a/src/MathOptInterface.jl
+++ b/src/MathOptInterface.jl
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ include("modifications.jl")
 include("variables.jl")
 include("nlp.jl")
 
+include("deprecate.jl")
+
 # submodules
 include("Utilities/Utilities.jl") # MOI.Utilities
 include("Test/Test.jl")           # MOI.Test
diff --git a/src/Utilities/mockoptimizer.jl b/src/Utilities/mockoptimizer.jl
index b3069707bb..9b1d58f6f4 100644
--- a/src/Utilities/mockoptimizer.jl
+++ b/src/Utilities/mockoptimizer.jl
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ function MOI.set(mock::MockOptimizer, attr::MOI.DualObjectiveValue, value::Real)
     mock.dual_objective_value[attr.result_index] = value
 end
 function MOI.set(mock::MockOptimizer, attr::MOI.PrimalStatus, value::MOI.ResultStatusCode)
-    mock.primal_status[attr.N] = value
+    mock.primal_status[attr.result_index] = value
 end
 function MOI.set(mock::MockOptimizer, attr::MOI.DualStatus, value::MOI.ResultStatusCode)
-    mock.dual_status[attr.N] = value
+    mock.dual_status[attr.result_index] = value
 end
 MOI.set(mock::MockOptimizer, ::MockModelAttribute, value::Integer) = (mock.attribute = value)
 function MOI.supports(mock::MockOptimizer, attr::MOI.AbstractOptimizerAttribute)
@@ -315,17 +315,17 @@ function MOI.get(mock::MockOptimizer, attr::MOI.DualObjectiveValue)
     end
 end
 function MOI.get(mock::MockOptimizer, attr::MOI.PrimalStatus)
-    if attr.N > mock.result_count
+    if attr.result_index > mock.result_count
         return MOI.NO_SOLUTION
     else
-        return get(mock.primal_status, attr.N, MOI.NO_SOLUTION)
+        return get(mock.primal_status, attr.result_index, MOI.NO_SOLUTION)
     end
 end
 function MOI.get(mock::MockOptimizer, attr::MOI.DualStatus)
-    if attr.N > mock.result_count
+    if attr.result_index > mock.result_count
         return MOI.NO_SOLUTION
     else
-        return get(mock.dual_status, attr.N, MOI.NO_SOLUTION)
+        return get(mock.dual_status, attr.result_index, MOI.NO_SOLUTION)
     end
 end
 MOI.get(mock::MockOptimizer, ::MockModelAttribute) = mock.attribute
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ function _safe_set_result(dict::Dict{K,V}, attr::MOI.AnyAttribute, index::K,
     if !haskey(dict, xored)
         dict[xored] = V()
     end
-    dict[xored][MOI._result_index_field(attr)] = value
+    dict[xored][attr.result_index] = value
 end
 function _safe_get_result(dict::Dict, attr::MOI.AnyAttribute, index::MOI.Index,
                           name::String)
@@ -411,9 +411,9 @@ function _safe_get_result(dict::Dict, attr::MOI.AnyAttribute, index::MOI.Index,
     if result_to_value === nothing
         error("No mock $name is set for ", index_name, " `", index, "`.")
     end
-    value = get(result_to_value, MOI._result_index_field(attr), nothing)
+    value = get(result_to_value, attr.result_index, nothing)
     if value === nothing
-        error("No mock $name is set for ", index_name, " `", index, "` at result index `", MOI._result_index_field(attr), "`.")
+        error("No mock $name is set for ", index_name, " `", index, "` at result index `", attr.result_index, "`.")
     end
     return value
 end
diff --git a/src/Utilities/results.jl b/src/Utilities/results.jl
index 5d83e91466..9fcba71448 100644
--- a/src/Utilities/results.jl
+++ b/src/Utilities/results.jl
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function get_fallback(model::MOI.ModelLike, attr::MOI.ConstraintPrimal,
                       idx::MOI.ConstraintIndex)
     f = MOI.get(model, MOI.ConstraintFunction(), idx)
     # TODO do not include constant if primal solution is a ray
-    return eval_variables(vi -> MOI.get(model, MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.N), vi), f)
+    return eval_variables(vi -> MOI.get(model, MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.result_index), vi), f)
 end
 
 ################ Constraint Dual for Variable-wise constraints #################
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ function variable_dual(model::MOI.ModelLike,
                        ci::MOI.ConstraintIndex{<:MOI.VectorQuadraticFunction})
     func = MOI.get(model, MOI.ConstraintFunction(), ci)
     set = MOI.get(model, MOI.ConstraintSet(), ci)
-    primal_attr = MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.N)
+    primal_attr = MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.result_index)
     coef = variable_coefficient(func, vi, vi -> MOI.get(model, primal_attr, vi))
     dual = MOI.get(model, attr, ci)
     return set_dot(coef, dual, set)
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ function variable_dual(model::MOI.ModelLike,
                        vi::MOI.VariableIndex,
                        ci::MOI.ConstraintIndex{<:MOI.ScalarQuadraticFunction})
     func = MOI.get(model, MOI.ConstraintFunction(), ci)
-    primal_attr = MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.N)
+    primal_attr = MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.result_index)
     coef = variable_coefficient(func, vi, vi -> MOI.get(model, primal_attr, vi))
     dual = MOI.get(model, attr, ci)
     return coef * dual
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ function variable_dual(model::MOI.ModelLike,
             dual += sign * variable_coefficient(f, vi)
         elseif F <: MOI.ScalarQuadraticFunction
             f = MOI.get(model, obj_attr)
-            primal_attr = MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.N)
+            primal_attr = MOI.VariablePrimal(attr.result_index)
             dual += sign * variable_coefficient(f, vi, vi -> MOI.get(model, primal_attr, vi))
         else
             error("Fallback getter for variable constraint dual does not",
diff --git a/src/attributes.jl b/src/attributes.jl
index def5d91ddb..7d4ce8859e 100644
--- a/src/attributes.jl
+++ b/src/attributes.jl
@@ -123,13 +123,10 @@ struct ResultIndexBoundsError{AttrType} <: Exception
     attr::AttrType
     result_count::Int
 end
-# TODO: rename the .N -> .result_index field in necessary attributes (e.g.,
-# VariablePrimal, ConstraintPrimal, ConstraintDual), and remove this helper
-# function.
-_result_index_field(attr) = attr.result_index
+
 function check_result_index_bounds(model::ModelLike, attr)
     result_count = get(model, ResultCount())
-    if !(1 <= _result_index_field(attr) <= result_count)
+    if !(1 <= attr.result_index <= result_count)
         throw(ResultIndexBoundsError(attr, result_count))
     end
 end
@@ -1004,17 +1001,16 @@ A variable attribute for the initial assignment to some primal variable's value
 struct VariablePrimalStart <: AbstractVariableAttribute end
 
 """
-    VariablePrimal(N)
+    VariablePrimal(result_index)
     VariablePrimal()
 
-A variable attribute for the assignment to some primal variable's value in result `N`.
-If `N` is omitted, it is 1 by default.
+A variable attribute for the assignment to some primal variable's value in result `result_index`.
+If `result_index` is omitted, it is 1 by default.
 """
 struct VariablePrimal <: AbstractVariableAttribute
-    N::Int
+    result_index::Int
 end
 VariablePrimal() = VariablePrimal(1)
-_result_index_field(attr::VariablePrimal) = attr.N
 
 """
     CallbackVariablePrimal(callback_data)
@@ -1090,11 +1086,11 @@ A constraint attribute for the initial assignment to some constraint's dual valu
 struct ConstraintDualStart <: AbstractConstraintAttribute end
 
 """
-    ConstraintPrimal(N)
+    ConstraintPrimal(result_index::Int)
     ConstraintPrimal()
 
-A constraint attribute for the assignment to some constraint's primal value(s) in result `N`.
-If `N` is omitted, it is 1 by default.
+A constraint attribute for the assignment to some constraint's primal value(s)
+in result `result_index`. If `result_index` is omitted, it is 1 by default.
 
 Given a constraint `function-in-set`, the `ConstraintPrimal` is the value of the
 function evaluated at the primal solution of the variables. For example, given
@@ -1103,23 +1099,21 @@ a primal solution of `(x,y) = (4,5)`, the `ConstraintPrimal` solution of the
 constraint is `1 * 4 + 2 * 5 + 3 = 17`.
 """
 struct ConstraintPrimal <: AbstractConstraintAttribute
-    N::Int
+    result_index::Int
 end
 ConstraintPrimal() = ConstraintPrimal(1)
-_result_index_field(attr::ConstraintPrimal) = attr.N
 
 """
-    ConstraintDual(N)
+    ConstraintDual(result_index)
     ConstraintDual()
 
-A constraint attribute for the assignment to some constraint's dual value(s) in result `N`.
-If `N` is omitted, it is 1 by default.
+A constraint attribute for the assignment to some constraint's dual value(s) in result `result_index`.
+If `result_index` is omitted, it is 1 by default.
 """
 struct ConstraintDual <: AbstractConstraintAttribute
-    N::Int
+    result_index::Int
 end
 ConstraintDual() = ConstraintDual(1)
-_result_index_field(attr::ConstraintDual) = attr.N
 
 """
     ConstraintBasisStatus(result_index)
@@ -1395,32 +1389,30 @@ The values indicate how to interpret the result vector.
       UNKNOWN_RESULT_STATUS, OTHER_RESULT_STATUS)
 
 """
-    PrimalStatus(N)
+    PrimalStatus(result_index::Int)
     PrimalStatus()
 
-A model attribute for the `ResultStatusCode` of the primal result `N`.
-If `N` is omitted, it defaults to 1. If `N` is larger than the value of
-[`ResultCount`](@ref) then `NO_SOLUTION` is returned.
+A model attribute for the `ResultStatusCode` of the primal result `result_index`.
+If `result_index` is omitted, it defaults to 1. If `result_index` is larger than
+the value of [`ResultCount`](@ref) then `NO_SOLUTION` is returned.
 """
 struct PrimalStatus <: AbstractModelAttribute
-    N::Int
+    result_index::Int
 end
 PrimalStatus() = PrimalStatus(1)
-_result_index_field(attr::PrimalStatus) = attr.N
 
 """
-    DualStatus(N)
+    DualStatus(result_index)
     DualStatus()
 
-A model attribute for the `ResultStatusCode` of the dual result `N`.
-If `N` is omitted, it defaults to 1. If `N` is larger than the value of
-[`ResultCount`](@ref) then `NO_SOLUTION` is returned.
+A model attribute for the `ResultStatusCode` of the dual result `result_index`.
+If `result_index` is omitted, it defaults to 1. If `result_index` is larger than
+the value of [`ResultCount`](@ref) then `NO_SOLUTION` is returned.
 """
 struct DualStatus <: AbstractModelAttribute
-    N::Int
+    result_index::Int
 end
 DualStatus() = DualStatus(1)
-_result_index_field(attr::DualStatus) = attr.N
 
 
 # Cost of bridging constrained variable in S
diff --git a/src/deprecate.jl b/src/deprecate.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63b496e3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/deprecate.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# deprecate _result_index_field and accessing attr.N, no export
+@deprecate _result_index_field(attr) attr.result_index false
+
+function Base.getproperty(attr::Attr, f::Symbol) where Attr <:Union{
+                    ObjectiveValue,
+                    DualObjectiveValue,
+                    VariablePrimal,
+                    ConstraintPrimal,
+                    ConstraintDual,
+                    ConstraintBasisStatus,
+                    PrimalStatus,
+                    DualStatus,
+                    NLPBlockDual,
+                }
+    if f === :N
+        @warn "Field attr.N is deprecated, use attr.result_index"
+        return getfield(attr, :result_index)
+    end
+    return getfield(attr, f)
+end
diff --git a/src/nlp.jl b/src/nlp.jl
index 4f13846ca9..072a2f0358 100644
--- a/src/nlp.jl
+++ b/src/nlp.jl
@@ -22,17 +22,16 @@ optionally a nonlinear objective.
 struct NLPBlock <: AbstractModelAttribute end
 
 """
-    NLPBlockDual(N)
+    NLPBlockDual(result_index::Int)
     NLPBlockDual()
 
-The Lagrange multipliers on the constraints from the `NLPBlock` in result `N`.
-If `N` is omitted, it is 1 by default.
+The Lagrange multipliers on the constraints from the `NLPBlock` in result `result_index`.
+If `result_index` is omitted, it is 1 by default.
 """
 struct NLPBlockDual <: AbstractModelAttribute
-    N::Int
+    result_index::Int
 end
 NLPBlockDual() = NLPBlockDual(1)
-_result_index_field(attr::NLPBlockDual) = attr.N
 
 is_set_by_optimize(::NLPBlockDual) = true
 
diff --git a/test/attributes.jl b/test/attributes.jl
index f51310eb61..c8c0057153 100644
--- a/test/attributes.jl
+++ b/test/attributes.jl
@@ -29,4 +29,23 @@
         @test_throws err MOI.set(model, MOI.VariablePrimalStart(), [x],
                                  ones(2))
     end
+    attr = MOI.VariablePrimal()
+    @test_deprecated begin
+        @test MOI._result_index_field(attr) == 1
+    end
+
+    for attr_type in (
+                MOI.ObjectiveValue,
+                MOI.DualObjectiveValue,
+                MOI.VariablePrimal,
+                MOI.ConstraintPrimal,
+                MOI.ConstraintDual,
+                MOI.ConstraintBasisStatus,
+                MOI.PrimalStatus,
+                MOI.DualStatus,
+                MOI.NLPBlockDual,
+            )
+        attr = attr_type(1)
+        @test_logs (:warn, "Field attr.N is deprecated, use attr.result_index") attr.N
+    end
 end