diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
index ec3644a6e1f..99cea744bf1 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ NODE_ROOT_DISK_SIZE=${NODE_ROOT_DISK_SIZE:-32}
 
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
-MINION_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
+NODE_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
 NODE_SCOPES=""
 POLL_SLEEP_INTERVAL=3
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="10.0.0.0/16"  # formerly PORTAL_NET
diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
index 501368ddd6b..250955b5e6d 100755
--- a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ NODE_ROOT_DISK_SIZE=${NODE_ROOT_DISK_SIZE:-32}
 
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
-MINION_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
+NODE_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
 NODE_SCOPES=""
 POLL_SLEEP_INTERVAL=3
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="10.0.0.0/16"  # formerly PORTAL_NET
diff --git a/cluster/aws/util.sh b/cluster/aws/util.sh
index 68c33af3432..ed2905e1ffa 100755
--- a/cluster/aws/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/util.sh
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function query-running-minions () {
                      Name=vpc-id,Values=${VPC_ID} \
                      Name=tag:KubernetesCluster,Values=${CLUSTER_ID} \
                      Name=tag:aws:autoscaling:groupName,Values=${ASG_NAME} \
-                     Name=tag:Role,Values=${MINION_TAG} \
+                     Name=tag:Role,Values=${NODE_TAG} \
            --query ${query}
 }
 
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ function start-minions() {
       --max-size ${NUM_MINIONS} \
       --vpc-zone-identifier ${SUBNET_ID} \
       --tags ResourceId=${ASG_NAME},ResourceType=auto-scaling-group,Key=Name,Value=${NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX} \
-             ResourceId=${ASG_NAME},ResourceType=auto-scaling-group,Key=Role,Value=${MINION_TAG} \
+             ResourceId=${ASG_NAME},ResourceType=auto-scaling-group,Key=Role,Value=${NODE_TAG} \
              ResourceId=${ASG_NAME},ResourceType=auto-scaling-group,Key=KubernetesCluster,Value=${CLUSTER_ID}
 
   # Wait for the minions to be running
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 2bf7c436d8a..d55c106f013 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ NETWORK=${KUBE_GCE_NETWORK:-default}
 INSTANCE_PREFIX="${KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX:-kubernetes}"
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
-MINION_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
+NODE_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
 MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-10.244.0.0/16}"
 NODE_SCOPES="${NODE_SCOPES:-compute-rw,monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 51a7661dad2..5bc3487dce2 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ NETWORK=${KUBE_GCE_NETWORK:-e2e}
 INSTANCE_PREFIX="${KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX:-e2e-test-${USER}}"
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
-MINION_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
+NODE_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
 CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-10.245.0.0/16}"
 MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 NODE_SCOPES="${NODE_SCOPES:-compute-rw,monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index f7f8c82321a..7a9a8b56e21 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ function create-node-template {
       --boot-disk-size "${NODE_DISK_SIZE}" \
       --image-project="${NODE_IMAGE_PROJECT}" \
       --image "${NODE_IMAGE}" \
-      --tags "${MINION_TAG}" \
+      --tags "${NODE_TAG}" \
       --network "${NETWORK}" \
       ${preemptible_minions} \
       $2 \
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ function kube-up {
   create-master-instance "${MASTER_RESERVED_IP}" &
 
   # Create a single firewall rule for all minions.
-  create-firewall-rule "${MINION_TAG}-all" "${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}" "${MINION_TAG}" &
+  create-firewall-rule "${NODE_TAG}-all" "${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}" "${NODE_TAG}" &
 
   # Report logging choice (if any).
   if [[ "${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING-}" == "true" ]]; then
@@ -877,11 +877,11 @@ function kube-down {
   fi
 
   # Delete firewall rule for minions.
-  if gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${MINION_TAG}-all" &>/dev/null; then
+  if gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${NODE_TAG}-all" &>/dev/null; then
     gcloud compute firewall-rules delete  \
       --project "${PROJECT}" \
       --quiet \
-      "${MINION_TAG}-all"
+      "${NODE_TAG}-all"
   fi
 
   # Delete routes.
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ function check-resources {
     return 1
   fi
 
-  if gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${MINION_TAG}-all" &>/dev/null; then
+  if gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${NODE_TAG}-all" &>/dev/null; then
     KUBE_RESOURCE_FOUND="Firewall rules for ${MASTER_NAME}-all"
     return 1
   fi
@@ -1153,34 +1153,34 @@ function test-setup {
   local start=`date +%s`
   gcloud compute firewall-rules create \
     --project "${PROJECT}" \
-    --target-tags "${MINION_TAG}" \
+    --target-tags "${NODE_TAG}" \
     --allow tcp:80,tcp:8080 \
     --network "${NETWORK}" \
-    "${MINION_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-http-alt" 2> /dev/null || true
+    "${NODE_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-http-alt" 2> /dev/null || true
   # As there is no simple way to wait longer for this operation we need to manually
   # wait some additional time (20 minutes altogether).
-  until gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${MINION_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-http-alt" 2> /dev/null || [ $(($start + 1200)) -lt `date +%s` ]
+  until gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${NODE_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-http-alt" 2> /dev/null || [ $(($start + 1200)) -lt `date +%s` ]
   do sleep 5
   done
   # Check if the firewall rule exists and fail if it does not.
-  gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${MINION_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-http-alt"
+  gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${NODE_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-http-alt"
 
   # Open up the NodePort range
   # TODO(justinsb): Move to main setup, if we decide whether we want to do this by default.
   start=`date +%s`
   gcloud compute firewall-rules create \
     --project "${PROJECT}" \
-    --target-tags "${MINION_TAG}" \
+    --target-tags "${NODE_TAG}" \
     --allow tcp:30000-32767,udp:30000-32767 \
     --network "${NETWORK}" \
-    "${MINION_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-nodeports" 2> /dev/null || true
+    "${NODE_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-nodeports" 2> /dev/null || true
   # As there is no simple way to wait longer for this operation we need to manually
   # wait some additional time (20 minutes altogether).
-  until gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${MINION_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-nodeports" 2> /dev/null || [ $(($start + 1200)) -lt `date +%s` ]
+  until gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${NODE_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-nodeports" 2> /dev/null || [ $(($start + 1200)) -lt `date +%s` ]
   do sleep 5
   done
   # Check if the firewall rule exists and fail if it does not.
-  gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${MINION_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-nodeports"
+  gcloud compute firewall-rules describe --project "${PROJECT}" "${NODE_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-nodeports"
 }
 
 # Execute after running tests to perform any required clean-up. This is called
@@ -1191,11 +1191,11 @@ function test-teardown {
   gcloud compute firewall-rules delete  \
     --project "${PROJECT}" \
     --quiet \
-    "${MINION_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-http-alt" || true
+    "${NODE_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-http-alt" || true
   gcloud compute firewall-rules delete  \
     --project "${PROJECT}" \
     --quiet \
-    "${MINION_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-nodeports" || true
+    "${NODE_TAG}-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-nodeports" || true
   "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-down.sh"
 }
 
diff --git a/cluster/gke/config-test.sh b/cluster/gke/config-test.sh
index 92679ecbdf2..d29e2250039 100644
--- a/cluster/gke/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gke/config-test.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # The following are test-specific settings.
 CLUSTER_NAME="${CLUSTER_NAME:-${USER}-gke-e2e}"
 NETWORK=${KUBE_GKE_NETWORK:-e2e}
-MINION_TAG="k8s-${CLUSTER_NAME}-node"
+NODE_TAG="k8s-${CLUSTER_NAME}-node"
 
 
 # For ease of maintenance, extract any pieces that do not vary between default
diff --git a/cluster/gke/util.sh b/cluster/gke/util.sh
index c4d12da6283..03addc27acd 100755
--- a/cluster/gke/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gke/util.sh
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ function kube-up() {
 #   GCLOUD
 #   ZONE
 # Vars set:
-#   MINION_TAG
+#   NODE_TAG
 function test-setup() {
   echo "... in gke:test-setup()" >&2
   # Detect the project into $PROJECT if it isn't set
@@ -171,22 +171,22 @@ function test-setup() {
   detect-minions >&2
 
   # At this point, CLUSTER_NAME should have been used, so its value is final.
-  MINION_TAG=$($GCLOUD compute instances describe ${NODE_NAMES[0]} --project="${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" | grep -o "gke-${CLUSTER_NAME}-.\{8\}-node" | head -1)
-  OLD_MINION_TAG="k8s-${CLUSTER_NAME}-node"
+  NODE_TAG=$($GCLOUD compute instances describe ${NODE_NAMES[0]} --project="${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" | grep -o "gke-${CLUSTER_NAME}-.\{8\}-node" | head -1)
+  OLD_NODE_TAG="k8s-${CLUSTER_NAME}-node"
 
   # Open up port 80 & 8080 so common containers on minions can be reached.
   "${GCLOUD}" compute firewall-rules create \
     "${CLUSTER_NAME}-http-alt" \
     --allow tcp:80,tcp:8080 \
     --project "${PROJECT}" \
-    --target-tags "${MINION_TAG},${OLD_MINION_TAG}" \
+    --target-tags "${NODE_TAG},${OLD_NODE_TAG}" \
     --network="${NETWORK}"
 
   "${GCLOUD}" compute firewall-rules create \
     "${CLUSTER_NAME}-nodeports" \
     --allow tcp:30000-32767,udp:30000-32767 \
     --project "${PROJECT}" \
-    --target-tags "${MINION_TAG},${OLD_MINION_TAG}" \
+    --target-tags "${NODE_TAG},${OLD_NODE_TAG}" \
     --network="${NETWORK}"
 }
 
diff --git a/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh b/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
index fb981598f29..6ef11a521bf 100755
--- a/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ GUEST_ID=debian7_64Guest
 
 INSTANCE_PREFIX=kubernetes
 MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
-MINION_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
+NODE_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
 
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 MASTER_MEMORY_MB=1024
diff --git a/cluster/vsphere/config-test.sh b/cluster/vsphere/config-test.sh
index 18bedebc9b5..e2d65854a19 100755
--- a/cluster/vsphere/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/vsphere/config-test.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ GUEST_ID=debian7_64Guest
 
 INSTANCE_PREFIX="e2e-test-${USER}"
 MASTER_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
-MINION_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
+NODE_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
 
 MASTER_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-master"
 MASTER_MEMORY_MB=1024