diff --git a/cmd/gaia/app/genesis.go b/cmd/gaia/app/genesis.go
index e19ee616ac..84f0ea7fa7 100644
--- a/cmd/gaia/app/genesis.go
+++ b/cmd/gaia/app/genesis.go
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func genesisAccountFromGenTx(genTx GaiaGenTx) GenesisAccount {
 }
 
 // GaiaValidateGenesisState ensures that the genesis state obeys the expected invariants
-// TODO: No validators are both bonded and revoked (#2088)
+// TODO: No validators are both bonded and jailed (#2088)
 // TODO: Error if there is a duplicate validator (#1708)
 // TODO: Ensure all state machine parameters are in genesis (#1704)
 func GaiaValidateGenesisState(genesisState GenesisState) (err error) {
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func validateGenesisStateValidators(validators []stakeTypes.Validator) (err erro
 			return fmt.Errorf("Duplicate validator in genesis state: moniker %v, Address %v", val.Description.Moniker, val.ConsAddress())
 		}
 		if val.Jailed && val.Status == sdk.Bonded {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Validator is bonded and revoked in genesis state: moniker %v, Address %v", val.Description.Moniker, val.ConsAddress())
+			return fmt.Errorf("Validator is bonded and jailed in genesis state: moniker %v, Address %v", val.Description.Moniker, val.ConsAddress())
 		}
 		addrMap[strKey] = true
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/gaia/app/genesis_test.go b/cmd/gaia/app/genesis_test.go
index f671bebb41..9cbd1f49fc 100644
--- a/cmd/gaia/app/genesis_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gaia/app/genesis_test.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func TestGaiaGenesisValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	genesisState := makeGenesisState(genTxs)
 	err := GaiaValidateGenesisState(genesisState)
 	require.NotNil(t, err)
-	// Test bonded + revoked validator fails
+	// Test bonded + jailed validator fails
 	genesisState = makeGenesisState(genTxs[:1])
 	val1 := stakeTypes.NewValidator(addr1, pk1, stakeTypes.Description{Moniker: "test #2"})
 	val1.Jailed = true
diff --git a/cmd/gaia/cmd/gaiadebug/hack.go b/cmd/gaia/cmd/gaiadebug/hack.go
index 3ff2730f46..7200ef0b65 100644
--- a/cmd/gaia/cmd/gaiadebug/hack.go
+++ b/cmd/gaia/cmd/gaiadebug/hack.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func runHackCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// The following powerKey was there, but the corresponding "trouble" validator did not exist.
 	// So here we do a binary search on the past states to find when the powerKey first showed up ...
 
-	// operator of the validator the bonds, gets revoked, later unbonds, and then later is still found in the bypower store
+	// operator of the validator the bonds, gets jailed, later unbonds, and then later is still found in the bypower store
 	trouble := hexToBytes("D3DC0FF59F7C3B548B7AFA365561B87FD0208AF8")
 	// this is his "bypower" key
 	powerKey := hexToBytes("05303030303030303030303033FFFFFFFFFFFF4C0C0000FFFED3DC0FF59F7C3B548B7AFA365561B87FD0208AF8")
diff --git a/cmd/gaia/testnets/STATUS.md b/cmd/gaia/testnets/STATUS.md
index b972eb8022..4db4297845 100644
--- a/cmd/gaia/testnets/STATUS.md
+++ b/cmd/gaia/testnets/STATUS.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ See [testnets repo](https://github.com/cosmos/testnets).
 ## *June 13, 2018, 17:00 EST* - Gaia-6002 is making blocks!
 
 - Gaia-6002 is live and making blocks
-- Absent validators have been slashed and revoked 
+- Absent validators have been slashed and jailed 
 - Currently live with 17 validators
 
 ## *June 13, 2018, 4:30 EST* - New Testnet Gaia-6002
diff --git a/docs/resources/whitepaper.md b/docs/resources/whitepaper.md
index 62707c0804..f77608072d 100644
--- a/docs/resources/whitepaper.md
+++ b/docs/resources/whitepaper.md
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ where the processes that caused the consensus to fail (ie. caused clients of
 the protocol to accept different values - a fork) can be identified and punished
 according to the rules of the protocol, or, possibly, the legal system. When
 the legal system is unreliable or excessively expensive to invoke, validators can be forced to make security
-deposits in order to participate, and those deposits can be revoked, or slashed,
+deposits in order to participate, and those deposits can be jailed, or slashed,
 when malicious behaviour is detected [\[10\]][10].
 
 Note this is unlike Bitcoin, where forking is a regular occurence due to
diff --git a/docs/spec/staking/transactions.md b/docs/spec/staking/transactions.md
index ee2b976aec..148c1c415f 100644
--- a/docs/spec/staking/transactions.md
+++ b/docs/spec/staking/transactions.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ type TxDelegate struct {
 
 delegate(tx TxDelegate):
     pool = getPool()
-    if validator.Status == Revoked return
+    if validator.Status == Jailed return
 
     delegation = getDelegatorBond(DelegatorAddr, ValidatorAddr)
     if delegation == nil then delegation = NewDelegation(DelegatorAddr, ValidatorAddr)
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ startUnbonding(tx TxStartUnbonding):
 	revokeCandidacy = false
 	if bond.Shares.IsZero() {
 
-		if bond.DelegatorAddr == validator.Operator && validator.Revoked == false
+		if bond.DelegatorAddr == validator.Operator && validator.Jailed == false
 			revokeCandidacy = true
 
 		removeDelegation( bond)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ startUnbonding(tx TxStartUnbonding):
     setUnbondingDelegation(unbondingDelegation)
 
 	if revokeCandidacy
-		validator.Revoked = true
+		validator.Jailed = true
 
 	validator = updateValidator(validator)
 
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ updateBondedValidators(newValidator Validator) (updatedVal Validator)
         else
 			validator = getValidator(operatorAddr)
 
-		// if not previously a validator (and unrevoked),
+		// if not previously a validator (and unjailed),
 		// kick the cliff validator / bond this new validator
-		if validator.Status() != Bonded && !validator.Revoked {
+		if validator.Status() != Bonded && !validator.Jailed {
 			kickCliffValidator = true
 
 			validator = bondValidator(ctx, store, validator)