diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54258fc..22d374b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Here is a snippet of a blocky configuration file. We use this as an example to d
 
 ```
 blocking:
-  blackLists:
+  denylists:
     group-one:
       - https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
       - https://github.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Then You modify the blocky configuration file for `group-one` to read the aggreg
 
 ```
 blocking:
-  blackLists:
+  denylists:
     group-one:
       - http://lists-updater:8080/downloaded/group-one.txt
 ```
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Then You modify the blocky configuration file for `group-two` to read this file
 
 ```
 blocking:
-  blackLists:
+  denylists:
     group-two:
       - http://lists-updater:8080/watch/group-two.txt
 ```
diff --git a/examples/blocky-config.yml b/examples/blocky-config.yml
index eeacfb4..4d470d9 100644
--- a/examples/blocky-config.yml
+++ b/examples/blocky-config.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 blocking:
   # definition of blacklist groups. Can be external link (http/https) or local file
   # The static-web-server allows multiple blocky instance to access the same set of files.
-  blackLists:
+  denylists:
     # Ask blocky to download lists from the static-web-server of the lists-updater.
     # The watch folder contains user defined lists.
     # The downloaded folder contains aggregate lists for given sources files.