diff --git a/doc/dev-reference/chimera.rst b/doc/dev-reference/chimera.rst
index 883cb5a0..d35b116f 100644
--- a/doc/dev-reference/chimera.rst
+++ b/doc/dev-reference/chimera.rst
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ space is required for that context.
 In the absence of recursive scanning, only one such space is required per thread
 and can (and indeed should) be allocated before data scanning is to commence.
 
-In a scenario where a set of expressions are compiled by a single "master"
+In a scenario where a set of expressions are compiled by a single "main"
 thread and data will be scanned by multiple "worker" threads, the convenience
 function :c:func:`ch_clone_scratch` allows multiple copies of an existing
 scratch space to be made for each thread (rather than forcing the caller to pass
diff --git a/doc/dev-reference/runtime.rst b/doc/dev-reference/runtime.rst
index d64ec540..396521c9 100644
--- a/doc/dev-reference/runtime.rst
+++ b/doc/dev-reference/runtime.rst
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ space is required for that context.
 In the absence of recursive scanning, only one such space is required per thread
 and can (and indeed should) be allocated before data scanning is to commence.
 
-In a scenario where a set of expressions are compiled by a single "master"
+In a scenario where a set of expressions are compiled by a single "main"
 thread and data will be scanned by multiple "worker" threads, the convenience
 function :c:func:`hs_clone_scratch` allows multiple copies of an existing
 scratch space to be made for each thread (rather than forcing the caller to pass
diff --git a/src/rose/rose_build_groups.cpp b/src/rose/rose_build_groups.cpp
index c670e603..209889e5 100644
--- a/src/rose/rose_build_groups.cpp
+++ b/src/rose/rose_build_groups.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ bool eligibleForAlwaysOnGroup(const RoseBuildImpl &build, u32 id) {
 static
 bool requires_group_assignment(const rose_literal_id &lit,
                                const rose_literal_info &info) {
-    if (lit.delay) { /* we will check the shadow's master */
+    if (lit.delay) { /* we will check the shadow's leader */
         return false;
     }