diff --git a/hack/e2e.go b/hack/e2e.go
index 53f19cbdded..39fa03b76d2 100644
--- a/hack/e2e.go
+++ b/hack/e2e.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const (
 	downloadDirName = "_output/downloads"
 	tarDirName      = "server"
 	tempDirName     = "upgrade-e2e-temp-dir"
-	minMinionCount  = 2
+	minNodeCount    = 2
 )
 
 var (
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func Up() bool {
 
 // Ensure that the cluster is large engough to run the e2e tests.
 func ValidateClusterSize() {
-	// Check that there are at least minMinionCount minions running
+	// Check that there are at least minNodeCount nodes running
 	cmd := exec.Command(path.Join(*root, "hack/e2e-internal/e2e-cluster-size.sh"))
 	if *verbose {
 		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ func ValidateClusterSize() {
 		log.Fatalf("Could not count number of nodes to validate cluster size (%s)", err)
 	}
 
-	if numNodes < minMinionCount {
-		log.Fatalf("Cluster size (%d) is too small to run e2e tests.  %d Minions are required.", numNodes, minMinionCount)
+	if numNodes < minNodeCount {
+		log.Fatalf("Cluster size (%d) is too small to run e2e tests.  %d Nodes are required.", numNodes, minNodeCount)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index 66bd0a6776b..de60e950c91 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ GCE_FLAKY_TESTS=(
     "GCE\sL7\sLoadBalancer\sController" # issue: #17518
     "DaemonRestart\sController\sManager" # issue: #17829
     "Resource\susage\sof\ssystem\scontainers" # issue: #13931
-    "allows\sscheduling\sof\spods\son\sa\sminion\safter\sit\srejoins\sthe\scluster" # file: resize_nodes.go, issue: #17830
+    "allows\sscheduling\sof\spods\son\sa\snode\safter\sit\srejoins\sthe\scluster" # file: resize_nodes.go, issue: #17830
     "NodeOutOfDisk" # issue: 17687
     )
 
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     NUM_NODES="11"
     MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-4"
     NODE_SIZE="n1-standard-8"   # Note: can fit about 17 hollow nodes per core
-    #                                     so NUM_NODES x cores_per_minion should
+    #                                     so NUM_NODES x cores_per_node should
     #                                     be set accordingly.
     KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX="kubemark1000"
     E2E_ZONE="asia-east1-a"
diff --git a/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go b/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go
index bbc326448d5..0de51b6be02 100644
--- a/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Nodes", func() {
 	})
 
 	Describe("Network", func() {
-		Context("when a minion node becomes unreachable", func() {
+		Context("when a node becomes unreachable", func() {
 			BeforeEach(func() {
 				SkipUnlessProviderIs("gce", "gke", "aws")
 				SkipUnlessNodeCountIsAtLeast(2)
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Nodes", func() {
 			// 1. pods from a uncontactable nodes are rescheduled
 			// 2. when a node joins the cluster, it can host new pods.
 			// Factor out the cases into two separate tests.
-			It("[replication controller] recreates pods scheduled on the unreachable minion node "+
-				"AND allows scheduling of pods on a minion after it rejoins the cluster", func() {
+			It("[replication controller] recreates pods scheduled on the unreachable node "+
+				"AND allows scheduling of pods on a node after it rejoins the cluster", func() {
 
 				// Create a replication controller for a service that serves its hostname.
 				// The source for the Docker container kubernetes/serve_hostname is in contrib/for-demos/serve_hostname