diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigPeerHandler.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigPeerHandler.java
index 68f46d204..48ec6e443 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigPeerHandler.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigPeerHandler.java
@@ -20,22 +20,22 @@ public class ConfigPeerHandler extends FormHandler {
         if ("Save Configuration".equals(_action)) {
             _context.router().saveConfig();
             addFormNotice("Settings saved - not really!!!!!");
-        } else if (_action.startsWith("Shitlist")) {
+        } else if (_action.startsWith("Ban")) {
             Hash h = getHash();
             if (h != null) {
-                _context.shitlist().shitlistRouterForever(h, "Manually shitlisted via <a href=\"configpeer.jsp\">configpeer.jsp</a>");
-                addFormNotice("Peer " + _peer + " shitlisted forever");
+                _context.shitlist().shitlistRouterForever(h, "Manually banned via <a href=\"configpeer.jsp\">configpeer.jsp</a>");
+                addFormNotice("Peer " + _peer + " banned until restart");
                 return;
             }
             addFormError("Invalid peer");
-        } else if (_action.startsWith("Unshitlist")) {
+        } else if (_action.startsWith("Unban")) {
             Hash h = getHash();
             if (h != null) {
                 if (_context.shitlist().isShitlisted(h)) {
                     _context.shitlist().unshitlistRouter(h);
-                    addFormNotice("Peer " + _peer + " unshitlisted");
+                    addFormNotice("Peer " + _peer + " unbanned");
                 } else
-                    addFormNotice("Peer " + _peer + " is not currently shitlisted");
+                    addFormNotice("Peer " + _peer + " is not currently banned");
                 return;
             }
             addFormError("Invalid peer");
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/configpeer.jsp b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/configpeer.jsp
index f16462807..77095fdce 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/configpeer.jsp
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/configpeer.jsp
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
  <h2>Manual Peer Controls</h2>
  Router Hash:
  <input type="text" size="55" name="peer" value="<%=peer%>" />
- <h3>Manually Shitlist / Unshitlist a Router</h3>
+ <h3>Manually Ban / Unban a Peer</h3>
  Shitlisting will prevent the participation of this peer in tunnels you create. 
       <p> 
-        <input type="submit" name="action" value="Shitlist peer until restart" />
-        <input type="submit" name="action" value="Unshitlist peer" />
+        <input type="submit" name="action" value="Ban peer until restart" />
+        <input type="submit" name="action" value="Unban peer" />
         <% if (! "".equals(peer)) { %>
         <font color="blue">&lt;---- click to verify action</font> 
         <% } %>
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java
index 1ce5cb5e7..b61f04d2e 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class Blocklist {
             }
             for (Iterator iter = _peerBlocklist.keySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
                 Hash peer = (Hash) iter.next();
-                String reason = "Blocklisted by router hash";
+                String reason = "Banned by router hash";
                 String comment = (String) _peerBlocklist.get(peer);
                 if (comment != null)
                     reason = reason + ": " + comment;
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ public class Blocklist {
      */
     public void shitlist(Hash peer) {
         // Temporary reason, until the job finishes
-        _context.shitlist().shitlistRouterForever(peer, "IP Blocklisted");
+        _context.shitlist().shitlistRouterForever(peer, "IP Banned");
         if (! "true".equals( _context.getProperty(PROP_BLOCKLIST_DETAIL, "true")))
             return;
         boolean shouldRunJob;
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ public class Blocklist {
             super(_context);
             _peer = p;
         }
-        public String getName() { return "Shitlist Peer Forever"; }
+        public String getName() { return "Ban Peer by IP"; }
         public void runJob() {
             shitlistForever(_peer);
             synchronized (_inProcess) {
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ public class Blocklist {
                             if (i != 3)
                                 reason = reason + '.';
                         }
-                        reason = reason + " blocklisted by entry \"" + buf + "\"";
+                        reason = reason + " banned by " + BLOCKLIST_FILE_DEFAULT + " entry \"" + buf + "\"";
                         if (_log.shouldLog(Log.WARN))
                             _log.warn("Shitlisting " + peer + " " + reason);
                         _context.shitlist().shitlistRouterForever(peer, reason);
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ public class Blocklist {
 
     /** write directly to the stream so we don't OOM on a huge list */
     public void renderStatusHTML(Writer out) throws IOException {
-        out.write("<h2>IP Blocklist</h2>");
+        out.write("<h2>Banned IPs</h2>");
         Set singles = new TreeSet();
         singles.addAll(_singleIPBlocklist);
         if (singles.size() > 0) {
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Shitlist.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Shitlist.java
index 6f38826b3..d1307fdea 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Shitlist.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Shitlist.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class Shitlist {
             _toUnshitlist = new ArrayList(4);
             getTiming().setStartAfter(ctx.clock().now() + SHITLIST_CLEANER_START_DELAY);
         }
-        public String getName() { return "Cleanup shitlist"; }
+        public String getName() { return "Expire banned peers"; }
         public void runJob() {
             _toUnshitlist.clear();
             long now = getContext().clock().now();
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public class Shitlist {
 
     public void renderStatusHTML(Writer out) throws IOException {
         StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(1024);
-        buf.append("<h2>Shitlist</h2>");
+        buf.append("<h2>Banned Peers</h2>");
         Map<Hash, Entry> entries = new TreeMap(new HashComparator());
         
         entries.putAll(_entries);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public class Shitlist {
                 buf.append("<br />\n");
                 buf.append(entry.cause);
             }
-            buf.append(" (<a href=\"configpeer.jsp?peer=").append(key.toBase64()).append("#unsh\">unshitlist now</a>)");
+            buf.append(" (<a href=\"configpeer.jsp?peer=").append(key.toBase64()).append("#unsh\">unban now</a>)");
             buf.append("</li>\n");
         }
         buf.append("</ul>\n");
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/ProfileOrganizerRenderer.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/ProfileOrganizerRenderer.java
index ebb9d61c0..c7a66e528 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/ProfileOrganizerRenderer.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/peermanager/ProfileOrganizerRenderer.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class ProfileOrganizerRenderer {
             }
             buf.append("</td><td align=\"right\">").append(num(prof.getIntegrationValue()));
             buf.append("</td><td align=\"center\">");
-            if (_context.shitlist().isShitlisted(peer)) buf.append("Shitlist");
+            if (_context.shitlist().isShitlisted(peer)) buf.append("Banned");
             if (prof.getIsFailing()) buf.append(" Failing");
             if (_context.commSystem().wasUnreachable(peer)) buf.append(" Unreachable");
             Rate failed = prof.getTunnelHistory().getFailedRate().getRate(30*60*1000);