diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/ghpages.sh b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/ghpages.sh
index 7d14c9af..8a01a031 100755
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/ghpages.sh
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/ghpages.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Please migrate to the new approach as soon as possible since this script will be
 EOF
 
 
-# The script should be executed from the root folder
+# The script should be run from the root folder
 ROOT_FOLDER="$( pwd )"
 echo "Current folder is [${ROOT_FOLDER}]"
 echo "Spring Cloud Static repo is [${SPRING_CLOUD_STATIC_REPO_DESTINATION}]"
@@ -135,23 +135,23 @@ function build_docs_if_applicable() {
 }
 
 # Get the name of the `docs.main` property
-# Get whitelisted branches - assumes that a `docs` module is available under `docs` profile
+# Get allowed branches - assumes that a `docs` module is available under `docs` profile
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016
 function retrieve_doc_properties() {
     if [[ "${RELEASE_TRAIN}" == "yes" ]]; then
         echo "Will not extract any properties for release train"
-        return 
+        return
     fi
 
 
-    WHITELIST_PROPERTY=${WHITELIST_PROPERTY:-"docs.whitelisted.branches"}
-    WHITELISTED_BRANCHES_VALUE=$("${MAVEN_EXEC}" -q \
+    ALLOW_PROPERTY=${ALLOW_PROPERTY:-"docs.allowed.branches"}
+    ALLOWED_BRANCHES_VALUE=$("${MAVEN_EXEC}" -q \
         -Dexec.executable="echo" \
-        -Dexec.args="\${${WHITELIST_PROPERTY}}" \
+        -Dexec.args="\${${ALLOW_PROPERTY}}" \
         org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.3.1:exec \
         -P docs \
         -pl docs | tail -1 )
-    echo "Extracted '${WHITELIST_PROPERTY}' from Maven build [${WHITELISTED_BRANCHES_VALUE}]"
+    echo "Extracted '${ALLOW_PROPERTY}' from Maven build [${ALLOWED_BRANCHES_VALUE}]"
 }
 
 # Stash any outstanding changes
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ function copy_docs_for_current_version() {
     else
         echo -e "Current branch is [${CURRENT_BRANCH}]"
         # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29300806/a-bash-script-to-check-if-a-string-is-present-in-a-comma-separated-list-of-strin
-        if [[ ",${WHITELISTED_BRANCHES_VALUE}," = *",${CURRENT_BRANCH},"* ]] ; then
+        if [[ ",${ALLOWED_BRANCHES_VALUE}," = *",${CURRENT_BRANCH},"* ]] ; then
             mkdir -p "${ROOT_FOLDER}/${CURRENT_BRANCH}"
-            echo -e "Branch [${CURRENT_BRANCH}] is whitelisted! Will copy the current docs to the [${CURRENT_BRANCH}] folder"
+            echo -e "Branch [${CURRENT_BRANCH}] is allowed! Will copy the current docs to the [${CURRENT_BRANCH}] folder"
             for f in docs/target/generated-docs/*; do
                 file="${f#docs/target/generated-docs/*}"
                 if ! "${GIT_BIN}" ls-files -i -o --exclude-standard --directory | grep -q ^"${file}"$; then
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ function copy_docs_for_current_version() {
             done
             COMMIT_CHANGES="yes"
         else
-            echo -e "Branch [${CURRENT_BRANCH}] is not on the white list! Check out the Maven [${WHITELIST_PROPERTY}] property in
+            echo -e "Branch [${CURRENT_BRANCH}] is not on the allow list! Check out the Maven [${ALLOW_PROPERTY}] property in
              [docs] module available under [docs] profile. Won't commit any changes to gh-pages for this branch."
         fi
     fi
@@ -329,10 +329,10 @@ the script will work in the following manner:
 
 - if there's no gh-pages / target for docs module then the script ends
 - for master branch the generated docs are copied to the root of gh-pages branch
-- for any other branch (if that branch is whitelisted) a subfolder with branch name is created
+- for any other branch (if that branch is allowed) a subfolder with branch name is created
     and docs are copied there
 - if the version switch is passed (-v) then a tag with (v) prefix will be retrieved and a folder
-    with that version number will be created in the gh-pages branch. WARNING! No whitelist verification will take place
+    with that version number will be created in the gh-pages branch. WARNING! No allow verification will take place
 - if the destination switch is passed (-d) then the script will check if the provided dir is a git repo and then will
     switch to gh-pages of that repo and copy the generated docs to [docs/<project-name>/<version>]
 - if the destination switch is passed (-d) then the script will check if the provided dir is a git repo and then will
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/update-guides.sh b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/update-guides.sh
index e575ee2c..6dbefd6a 100755
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/update-guides.sh
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/update-guides.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if [[ "${PROJECT_VERSION}" != *"RELEASE"* ]];then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-# The script should be executed from the root folder
+# The script should be run from the root folder
 [[ -z "${ROOT_FOLDER}" ]] && ROOT_FOLDER="$( pwd )"
 echo "Current folder is ${ROOT_FOLDER}"
 
@@ -146,4 +146,3 @@ else
 
     iterate_over_guides
 fi
-