diff --git a/android/neverallow.go b/android/neverallow.go
index be3f712..26e42e6 100644
--- a/android/neverallow.go
+++ b/android/neverallow.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 }
 
 func createJavaDeviceForHostRules() []Rule {
-	javaDeviceForHostProjectsWhitelist := []string{
+	javaDeviceForHostProjectsAllowedList := []string{
 		"external/guava",
 		"external/robolectric-shadows",
 		"framework/layoutlib",
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@
 
 	return []Rule{
 		NeverAllow().
-			NotIn(javaDeviceForHostProjectsWhitelist...).
+			NotIn(javaDeviceForHostProjectsAllowedList...).
 			ModuleType("java_device_for_host", "java_host_for_device").
-			Because("java_device_for_host can only be used in whitelisted projects"),
+			Because("java_device_for_host can only be used in allowed projects"),
 	}
 }
 
 func createCcSdkVariantRules() []Rule {
-	sdkVersionOnlyWhitelist := []string{
+	sdkVersionOnlyAllowedList := []string{
 		// derive_sdk_prefer32 has stem: "derive_sdk" which conflicts with the derive_sdk.
 		// This sometimes works because the APEX modules that contain derive_sdk and
 		// derive_sdk_prefer32 suppress the platform installation rules, but fails when
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 		"tools/test/graphicsbenchmark/functional_tests/java",
 	}
 
-	platformVariantPropertiesWhitelist := []string{
+	platformVariantPropertiesAllowedList := []string{
 		// android_native_app_glue and libRSSupport use native_window.h but target old
 		// sdk versions (minimum and 9 respectively) where libnativewindow didn't exist,
 		// so they can't add libnativewindow to shared_libs to get the header directory
@@ -205,13 +205,13 @@
 
 	return []Rule{
 		NeverAllow().
-			NotIn(sdkVersionOnlyWhitelist...).
+			NotIn(sdkVersionOnlyAllowedList...).
 			WithMatcher("sdk_variant_only", isSetMatcherInstance).
-			Because("sdk_variant_only can only be used in whitelisted projects"),
+			Because("sdk_variant_only can only be used in allowed projects"),
 		NeverAllow().
-			NotIn(platformVariantPropertiesWhitelist...).
+			NotIn(platformVariantPropertiesAllowedList...).
 			WithMatcher("platform.shared_libs", isSetMatcherInstance).
-			Because("platform variant properties can only be used in whitelisted projects"),
+			Because("platform variant properties can only be used in allowed projects"),
 	}
 }