diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index 282b09cc357..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
     )
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go b/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go
index c4464a06a57..1e753e86b59 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