diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index b0680cbb22..fef64accc1 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -668,11 +668,11 @@ suppressing it.  More information on the file format can be found here:
 
 https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/ThreadSanitizerSuppressions
 
-tests/tsan/blacklist.tsan - Has TSan warnings we wish to disable
+tests/tsan/ignore.tsan - Has TSan warnings we wish to disable
 at compile time for test or debug.
 Add flags to configure to enable:
 
-"--extra-cflags=-fsanitize-blacklist=<src path>/tests/tsan/blacklist.tsan"
+"--extra-cflags=-fsanitize-blacklist=<src path>/tests/tsan/ignore.tsan"
 
 More information on the file format can be found here under "Blacklist Format":
 
diff --git a/tests/tsan/blacklist.tsan b/tests/tsan/ignore.tsan
similarity index 57%
rename from tests/tsan/blacklist.tsan
rename to tests/tsan/ignore.tsan
index 75e444f5dc..423e482d2f 100644
--- a/tests/tsan/blacklist.tsan
+++ b/tests/tsan/ignore.tsan
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# This is an example blacklist.
-# To enable use of the blacklist add this to configure:
-# "--extra-cflags=-fsanitize-blacklist=<src path>/tests/tsan/blacklist.tsan"
+# This is an example ignore list.
+# To enable use of the ignore list add this to configure:
+# "--extra-cflags=-fsanitize-blacklist=<src path>/tests/tsan/ignore.tsan"
 # The eventual goal would be to fix these warnings.
 
 # TSan is not happy about setting/getting of dirty bits,