diff --git a/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml b/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml
index 835a6ac820d2c8e5c0ea5f534378c5eb69dc4ba1..dad993a61a565f281b8ef8c51bfa1e2ee20bae06 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         - else
           %button{ class: "btn btn-remove remove-row js-ajax-loading-spinner has-tooltip disabled",
             disabled: true,
-            title: s_('Branches|Only a project master or owner can delete a protected branch') }
+            title: s_('Branches|Only a project maintainer or owner can delete a protected branch') }
             = icon("trash-o")
       - else
         = link_to project_branch_path(@project, branch.name),
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/checks/change_access.rb b/lib/gitlab/checks/change_access.rb
index e211475dc2868b819ace11ce80813f0ce5d9c5b8..b6fc2952984d32701d34c753140e591819d098f1 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/checks/change_access.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/checks/change_access.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Gitlab
         push_code: 'You are not allowed to push code to this project.',
         delete_default_branch: 'The default branch of a project cannot be deleted.',
         force_push_protected_branch: 'You are not allowed to force push code to a protected branch on this project.',
-        non_master_delete_protected_branch: 'You are not allowed to delete protected branches from this project. Only a project master or owner can delete a protected branch.',
+        non_master_delete_protected_branch: 'You are not allowed to delete protected branches from this project. Only a project maintainer or owner can delete a protected branch.',
         non_web_delete_protected_branch: 'You can only delete protected branches using the web interface.',
         merge_protected_branch: 'You are not allowed to merge code into protected branches on this project.',
         push_protected_branch: 'You are not allowed to push code to protected branches on this project.',
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index ac24d90e5ac7d5d49dbd2c6b8c33939a694b5ef9..0cf4fde614d5e4fafb99639d197595be0625cf45 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Branches|Once you confirm and press %{delete_protected_branch}, it cannot be undone or recovered."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Branches|Only a project master or owner can delete a protected branch"
+msgid "Branches|Only a project maintainer or owner can delete a protected branch"
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Branches|Overview"
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/checks/change_access_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/checks/change_access_spec.rb
index 02afb030ea7ae6211dad186d8800d906413b9e85..4342e9b5088d43242407969371aac6c041e835a0 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/checks/change_access_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/checks/change_access_spec.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Checks::ChangeAccess do
       context 'with protected tag' do
         let!(:protected_tag) { create(:protected_tag, project: project, name: 'v*') }
 
-        context 'as master' do
+        context 'as maintainer' do
           before do
             project.add_master(user)
           end
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Checks::ChangeAccess do
 
           context 'if the user is not allowed to delete protected branches' do
             it 'raises an error' do
-              expect { subject.exec }.to raise_error(Gitlab::GitAccess::UnauthorizedError, 'You are not allowed to delete protected branches from this project. Only a project master or owner can delete a protected branch.')
+              expect { subject.exec }.to raise_error(Gitlab::GitAccess::UnauthorizedError, 'You are not allowed to delete protected branches from this project. Only a project maintainer or owner can delete a protected branch.')
             end
           end