diff --git a/src/crates-io.md b/src/crates-io.md
index 21dd00af..17757454 100644
--- a/src/crates-io.md
+++ b/src/crates-io.md
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ reasons:
 
 TODO: what is the vetting process?
 
-## Whitelist
+## Pemitted dependencies
 
-The `tidy` tool has a [whitelist] of crates that are allowed. To add a
-dependency that is not already in the compiler, you will need to add it to this
-whitelist.
+The `tidy` tool has [crates that are allowed]. To add a
+dependency that is not already in the compiler, you will need to add it to these
+crates.
 
-[whitelist]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/659994627234ce7d95a1a52ad8756ce661059adf/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs#L56
+[crates that are allowed]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/19ecce332e56941ea0dd2a805270faa102acdb14/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs#L59
diff --git a/src/stability.md b/src/stability.md
index f48c3d52..1160ee98 100644
--- a/src/stability.md
+++ b/src/stability.md
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ Furthermore this attribute is needed to mark an intrinsic as callable from
 Macros, compiler desugarings and `const fn`s expose their bodies to the call
 site. To work around not being able to use unstable things in the standard
 library's macros, there's the `#[allow_internal_unstable(feature1, feature2)]`
-attribute that whitelists the given features for usage in stable macros or
+attribute that allows the given features for usage in stable macros or
 `const fn`s.
 
 Note that `const fn`s are even more special in this regard. You can't just
-whitelist any feature, the features need an implementation in
+allow any feature, the features need an implementation in
 `qualify_min_const_fn.rs`. For example the `const_fn_union` feature gate allows
 accessing fields of unions inside stable `const fn`s. The rules for when it's
 ok to use such a feature gate are that behavior matches the runtime behavior of