diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/GaugeMetricProducer.h b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/GaugeMetricProducer.h
index 2fc772b..ef3a24a 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/GaugeMetricProducer.h
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/GaugeMetricProducer.h
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@
     // for each slice with the latest value.
     void updateCurrentSlicedBucketForAnomaly();
 
-    // Whitelist of fields to report. Empty means all are reported.
+    // Allowlist of fields to report. Empty means all are reported.
     std::vector<Matcher> mFieldMatchers;
 
     GaugeMetric::SamplingType mSamplingType;
 
     const int64_t mMaxPullDelayNs;
 
-    // apply a whitelist on the original input
+    // apply an allowlist on the original input
     std::shared_ptr<vector<FieldValue>> getGaugeFields(const LogEvent& event);
 
     // Util function to check whether the specified dimension hits the guardrail.
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/MetricsManager.cpp b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/MetricsManager.cpp
index 60de1a2..2d5aa56 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/MetricsManager.cpp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/MetricsManager.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     // Init allowed pushed atom uids.
     if (config.allowed_log_source_size() == 0) {
         mConfigValid = false;
-        ALOGE("Log source whitelist is empty! This config won't get any data. Suggest adding at "
+        ALOGE("Log source allowlist is empty! This config won't get any data. Suggest adding at "
                       "least AID_SYSTEM and AID_STATSD to the allowed_log_source field.");
     } else {
         for (const auto& source : config.allowed_log_source()) {
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/stats_log_util.h b/cmds/statsd/src/stats_log_util.h
index eb65dc6..10e065e 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/stats_log_util.h
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/stats_log_util.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     return message->ParseFromArray(pbBytes.c_str(), pbBytes.size());
 }
 
-// Checks the truncate timestamp annotation as well as the blacklisted range of 300,000 - 304,999.
+// Checks the truncate timestamp annotation as well as the restricted range of 300,000 - 304,999.
 // Returns the truncated timestamp to the nearest 5 minutes if needed.
 int64_t truncateTimestampIfNecessary(const LogEvent& event);
 
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/tests/StatsLogProcessor_test.cpp b/cmds/statsd/tests/StatsLogProcessor_test.cpp
index 1e6680c..12cfcc7 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/tests/StatsLogProcessor_test.cpp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/tests/StatsLogProcessor_test.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     sp<StatsPullerManager> pullerManager = new StatsPullerManager();
     sp<AlarmMonitor> anomalyAlarmMonitor;
     sp<AlarmMonitor> periodicAlarmMonitor;
-    // Construct the processor with a dummy sendBroadcast function that does nothing.
+    // Construct the processor with a no-op sendBroadcast function that does nothing.
     StatsLogProcessor p(m, pullerManager, anomalyAlarmMonitor, periodicAlarmMonitor, 0,
                         [](const ConfigKey& key) { return true; },
                         [](const int&, const vector<int64_t>&) {return true;});
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/tests/UidMap_test.cpp b/cmds/statsd/tests/UidMap_test.cpp
index 293e8ed..33bdc64 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/tests/UidMap_test.cpp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/tests/UidMap_test.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     sp<StatsPullerManager> pullerManager = new StatsPullerManager();
     sp<AlarmMonitor> anomalyAlarmMonitor;
     sp<AlarmMonitor> subscriberAlarmMonitor;
-    // Construct the processor with a dummy sendBroadcast function that does nothing.
+    // Construct the processor with a no-op sendBroadcast function that does nothing.
     StatsLogProcessor p(
             m, pullerManager, anomalyAlarmMonitor, subscriberAlarmMonitor, 0,
             [](const ConfigKey& key) { return true; },