diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
index 5e78219c77f..ec3644a6e1f 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@
 
 ZONE=${KUBE_AWS_ZONE:-us-west-2a}
 MASTER_SIZE=${MASTER_SIZE:-}
-MINION_SIZE=${MINION_SIZE:-}
+NODE_SIZE=${NODE_SIZE:-}
 NUM_MINIONS=${NUM_MINIONS:-4}
 
 # Dynamically set node sizes so that Heapster has enough space to run
-if [[ -z ${MINION_SIZE} ]]; then
+if [[ -z ${NODE_SIZE} ]]; then
   if (( ${NUM_MINIONS} < 50 )); then
-    MINION_SIZE="t2.micro"
+    NODE_SIZE="t2.micro"
   elif (( ${NUM_MINIONS} < 150 )); then
-    MINION_SIZE="t2.small"
+    NODE_SIZE="t2.small"
   else
-    MINION_SIZE="t2.medium"
+    NODE_SIZE="t2.medium"
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
index 5bb475f6162..501368ddd6b 100755
--- a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@
 ZONE=${KUBE_AWS_ZONE:-us-west-2a}
 
 MASTER_SIZE=${MASTER_SIZE:-}
-MINION_SIZE=${MINION_SIZE:-}
+NODE_SIZE=${NODE_SIZE:-}
 NUM_MINIONS=${NUM_MINIONS:-2}
 
 # Dynamically set node sizes so that Heapster has enough space to run
-if [[ -z ${MINION_SIZE} ]]; then
+if [[ -z ${NODE_SIZE} ]]; then
   if (( ${NUM_MINIONS} < 50 )); then
-    MINION_SIZE="t2.micro"
+    NODE_SIZE="t2.micro"
   elif (( ${NUM_MINIONS} < 150 )); then
-    MINION_SIZE="t2.small"
+    NODE_SIZE="t2.small"
   else
-    MINION_SIZE="t2.medium"
+    NODE_SIZE="t2.medium"
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/cluster/aws/options.md b/cluster/aws/options.md
index 952b05a92d6..139a055efc0 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/options.md
+++ b/cluster/aws/options.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ It is not a bad idea to set AWS_S3_BUCKET to something more human friendly.
 
 AWS_S3_REGION is useful for people that want to control their data location, because of regulatory restrictions for example.
 
-**MASTER_SIZE**, **MINION_SIZE**
+**MASTER_SIZE**, **NODE_SIZE**
 
 The instance type to use for creating the master/minion.  Defaults to auto-sizing based on the number of nodes (see below).
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ For production usage, we recommend bigger instances, for example:
 
 ```
 export MASTER_SIZE=c4.large
-export MINION_SIZE=r3.large
+export NODE_SIZE=r3.large
 ```
 
 If you don't specify master and minion sizes, the scripts will attempt to guess the correct size of the master and worker nodes based on `${NUM_MINIONS}`.
diff --git a/cluster/aws/util.sh b/cluster/aws/util.sh
index 52307b83a27..68c33af3432 100755
--- a/cluster/aws/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/util.sh
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ function start-minions() {
       --launch-configuration-name ${ASG_NAME} \
       --image-id $KUBE_NODE_IMAGE \
       --iam-instance-profile ${IAM_PROFILE_NODE} \
-      --instance-type $MINION_SIZE \
+      --instance-type $NODE_SIZE \
       --key-name ${AWS_SSH_KEY_NAME} \
       --security-groups ${NODE_SG_ID} \
       ${public_ip_option} \
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 5fb089e06ba..2bf7c436d8a 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 GCLOUD=gcloud
 ZONE=${KUBE_GCE_ZONE:-us-central1-b}
 MASTER_SIZE=${MASTER_SIZE:-n1-standard-2}
-MINION_SIZE=${MINION_SIZE:-n1-standard-2}
+NODE_SIZE=${NODE_SIZE:-n1-standard-2}
 NUM_MINIONS=${NUM_MINIONS:-3}
 MASTER_DISK_TYPE=pd-ssd
 MASTER_DISK_SIZE=${MASTER_DISK_SIZE:-20GB}
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 957214fb744..51a7661dad2 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 GCLOUD=gcloud
 ZONE=${KUBE_GCE_ZONE:-us-central1-b}
 MASTER_SIZE=${MASTER_SIZE:-n1-standard-2}
-MINION_SIZE=${MINION_SIZE:-n1-standard-2}
+NODE_SIZE=${NODE_SIZE:-n1-standard-2}
 NUM_MINIONS=${NUM_MINIONS:-3}
 MASTER_DISK_TYPE=pd-ssd
 MASTER_DISK_SIZE=${MASTER_DISK_SIZE:-20GB}
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 9ef3184e350..f7f8c82321a 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ function create-node-template {
     echo "Attempt ${attempt} to create ${1}" >&2
     if ! gcloud compute instance-templates create "$template_name" \
       --project "${PROJECT}" \
-      --machine-type "${MINION_SIZE}" \
+      --machine-type "${NODE_SIZE}" \
       --boot-disk-type "${NODE_DISK_TYPE}" \
       --boot-disk-size "${NODE_DISK_SIZE}" \
       --image-project="${NODE_IMAGE_PROJECT}" \
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/aws.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/aws.md
index 3c092c1e439..7c7aab9fb67 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/aws.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/aws.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ You can override the variables defined in [config-default.sh](http://releases.k8
 ```bash
 export KUBE_AWS_ZONE=eu-west-1c
 export NUM_MINIONS=2
-export MINION_SIZE=m3.medium
+export NODE_SIZE=m3.medium
 export AWS_S3_REGION=eu-west-1
 export AWS_S3_BUCKET=mycompany-kubernetes-artifacts
 export INSTANCE_PREFIX=k8s
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index 017cdffd37a..78fa5c96407 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ if [[ "${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}" == "aws" ]]; then
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.focus=\[Performance\]"}
   else
     : ${MASTER_SIZE:="m3.large"}
-    : ${MINION_SIZE:="m3.large"}
+    : ${NODE_SIZE:="m3.large"}
     : ${NUM_MINIONS:="3"}
   fi
 fi
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${PROJECT:="kubernetes-jenkins"}
     # Override GCE defaults.
     MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-4"
-    MINION_SIZE="n1-standard-2"
+    NODE_SIZE="n1-standard-2"
     NODE_DISK_SIZE="50GB"
     NUM_MINIONS="100"
     # Reduce logs verbosity
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     # Override GCE defaults.
     E2E_ZONE="us-east1-b"
     MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-4"
-    MINION_SIZE="n1-standard-2"
+    NODE_SIZE="n1-standard-2"
     NODE_DISK_SIZE="50GB"
     NUM_MINIONS="100"
     # Reduce logs verbosity
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.focus=GCE\sL7\sLoadBalancer\sController|Job|Horizontal\spod\sautoscaling"}
     # At least n1-standard-2 nodes are required for the cluster to
     # have enough cpu/ram to run the Horizontal pod autoscaling tests.
-    MINION_SIZE="n1-standard-2"
+    NODE_SIZE="n1-standard-2"
     ;;
 
   # Sets up the GKE soak cluster weekly using the latest CI release.
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_UP:="true"}
     : ${PROJECT:="kubernetes-jenkins"}
     # Need at least n1-standard-2 nodes to run kubelet_perf tests
-    MINION_SIZE="n1-standard-2"
+    NODE_SIZE="n1-standard-2"
     ;;
 
   # Runs tests on GKE soak cluster.
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX="kubemark100"
     NUM_MINIONS="10"
     MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-2"
-    MINION_SIZE="n1-standard-1"
+    NODE_SIZE="n1-standard-1"
     KUBEMARK_MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-4"
     KUBEMARK_NUM_NODES="100"
     ;;
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     # Override defaults to be indpendent from GCE defaults and set kubemark parameters
     NUM_MINIONS="6"
     MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-4"
-    MINION_SIZE="n1-standard-8"
+    NODE_SIZE="n1-standard-8"
     KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX="kubemark500"
     E2E_ZONE="asia-east1-a"
     KUBEMARK_MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-16"
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     # We need 11 so that we won't hit max-pods limit (set to 100). TODO: do it in a nicer way.
     NUM_MINIONS="11"
     MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-4"
-    MINION_SIZE="n1-standard-8"   # Note: can fit about 17 hollow nodes per core
+    NODE_SIZE="n1-standard-8"   # Note: can fit about 17 hollow nodes per core
     #                                     so NUM_MINIONS x cores_per_minion should
     #                                     be set accordingly.
     KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX="kubemark1000"
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ export KUBE_GKE_NETWORK=${E2E_NETWORK}
 export E2E_SET_CLUSTER_API_VERSION=${E2E_SET_CLUSTER_API_VERSION:-}
 export DOGFOOD_GCLOUD=${DOGFOOD_GCLOUD:-}
 export CMD_GROUP=${CMD_GROUP:-}
-export MACHINE_TYPE=${MINION_SIZE:-}  # GKE scripts use MACHINE_TYPE for the node vm size
+export MACHINE_TYPE=${NODE_SIZE:-}  # GKE scripts use MACHINE_TYPE for the node vm size
 
 if [[ ! -z "${GKE_API_ENDPOINT:-}" ]]; then
   export CLOUDSDK_API_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDES_CONTAINER=${GKE_API_ENDPOINT}
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ export KUBE_ENABLE_HORIZONTAL_POD_AUTOSCALER=${ENABLE_HORIZONTAL_POD_AUTOSCALER:
 export KUBE_ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS=${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:-}
 export KUBE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API=${ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-}
 export MASTER_SIZE=${MASTER_SIZE:-}
-export MINION_SIZE=${MINION_SIZE:-}
+export NODE_SIZE=${NODE_SIZE:-}
 export NODE_DISK_SIZE=${NODE_DISK_SIZE:-}
 export NUM_MINIONS=${NUM_MINIONS:-}
 export TEST_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL=${TEST_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL:-}