diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index d4ce122c0..c1f85600e 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 # run arbitrary code.
 extension-pkg-whitelist=mypy
 
-# Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
+# Add files or directories to the blocklist. They should be base names, not
 # paths.
 ignore=CVS
 
-# Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the blacklist. The
+# Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the blocklist. The
 # regex matches against base names, not paths.
 ignore-patterns=