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@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ Note that environment variables must have a value set to be detected. For exampl
     *Default:* `15`.
 
   * `HOMEBREW_FORBIDDEN_LICENSES`:
-    Use this environment variable to define a blacklist of space separated licenses and Homebrew will avoid installing the packages with those licenses.
+    Use this environment variable to define a denylist of space separated licenses and Homebrew will refuse to install packages known to have those licenses.
 
   * `HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREWED_CURL`:
     If set, always use a Homebrew-installed `curl`(1) rather than the system version. Automatically set if the system version of `curl` is too old.