diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 21918ca..c0409a9 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ By default, HTML's reserved characters `& < > " '` are replaced with <a href="ht
 This causes the SPAN tags to use classes to style the SPAN tags instead
 of specified RGB values.
 
-#### url_acceptlist
+#### url_allowlist
 (default: { 'http':1, 'https':1 })
 
-This mapping is an 'accept' list of URI schemes that will be allowed to render HTML anchor tags.
+This mapping is an 'allow' list of URI schemes that will be allowed to render HTML anchor tags.
 
 #### boldStyle
 (default: 'font-weight:bold')
diff --git a/ansi_up.d.ts b/ansi_up.d.ts
index 021f331..28f06c6 100644
--- a/ansi_up.d.ts
+++ b/ansi_up.d.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export declare class AnsiUp {
     private _csi_regex;
     private _osc_st;
     private _osc_regex;
-    private _url_acceptlist;
+    private _url_allowlist;
     private _escape_html;
     private _buffer;
     private _boldStyle;
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ export declare class AnsiUp {
     constructor();
     set use_classes(arg: boolean);
     get use_classes(): boolean;
-    set url_acceptlist(arg: {});
-    get url_acceptlist(): {};
+    set url_allowlist(arg: {});
+    get url_allowlist(): {};
     set escape_html(arg: boolean);
     get escape_html(): boolean;
     set boldStyle(arg: string);
diff --git a/ansi_up.js b/ansi_up.js
index ee92437..ad199ee 100644
--- a/ansi_up.js
+++ b/ansi_up.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class AnsiUp {
         this.underline = false;
         this.fg = this.bg = null;
         this._buffer = '';
-        this._url_acceptlist = { 'http': 1, 'https': 1 };
+        this._url_allowlist = { 'http': 1, 'https': 1 };
         this._escape_html = true;
         this.boldStyle = 'font-weight:bold';
         this.faintStyle = 'opacity:0.7';
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ export class AnsiUp {
     get use_classes() {
         return this._use_classes;
     }
-    set url_acceptlist(arg) {
-        this._url_acceptlist = arg;
+    set url_allowlist(arg) {
+        this._url_allowlist = arg;
     }
-    get url_acceptlist() {
-        return this._url_acceptlist;
+    get url_allowlist() {
+        return this._url_allowlist;
     }
     set escape_html(arg) {
         this._escape_html = arg;
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ export class AnsiUp {
         let parts = pkt.url.split(':');
         if (parts.length < 1)
             return '';
-        if (!this._url_acceptlist[parts[0]])
+        if (!this._url_allowlist[parts[0]])
             return '';
         let result = `<a href="${this.escape_txt_for_html(pkt.url)}">${this.escape_txt_for_html(pkt.text)}</a>`;
         return result;
diff --git a/ansi_up.ts b/ansi_up.ts
index 5097cd6..ffc2cfe 100644
--- a/ansi_up.ts
+++ b/ansi_up.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class AnsiUp
     private _osc_st:RegExp;
     private _osc_regex:RegExp;
 
-    private _url_acceptlist:{};
+    private _url_allowlist:{};
     private _escape_html:boolean;
 
     private _buffer:string;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export class AnsiUp
 
         this._buffer = '';
 
-        this._url_acceptlist = { 'http':1, 'https':1 };
+        this._url_allowlist = { 'http':1, 'https':1 };
         this._escape_html = true;
 
         this.boldStyle        = 'font-weight:bold';
@@ -121,14 +121,14 @@ export class AnsiUp
         return this._use_classes;
     }
 
-    set url_acceptlist(arg:{})
+    set url_allowlist(arg:{})
     {
-        this._url_acceptlist = arg;
+        this._url_allowlist = arg;
     }
 
-    get url_acceptlist():{}
+    get url_allowlist():{}
     {
-        return this._url_acceptlist;
+        return this._url_allowlist;
     }
 
     set escape_html(arg:boolean)
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ export class AnsiUp
         if (parts.length < 1)
             return '';
 
-        if (! this._url_acceptlist[parts[0]])
+        if (! this._url_allowlist[parts[0]])
             return '';
 
         let result = `<a href="${this.escape_txt_for_html(pkt.url)}">${this.escape_txt_for_html(pkt.text)}</a>`;