diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 33adec2..a433868 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # Profiled execution.
 profile=no
 
-# Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
+# Add files or directories to the ignorelist. They should be base names, not
 # paths.
 ignore=CVS,.svn,.git,update_metadata_pb2.py