1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/http/proxyagent.py b/synapse/http/proxyagent.py
index 94ef737b9e..7bdc4acae7 100644
--- a/synapse/http/proxyagent.py
+++ b/synapse/http/proxyagent.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ProxyAgent(_AgentBase):
             connections.
 
         proxy_reactor: twisted reactor to use for connections to the proxy server
-                       reactor might have some blacklisting applied (i.e. for DNS queries),
+                       reactor might have some blocking applied (i.e. for DNS queries),
                        but we need unblocked access to the proxy.
 
         contextFactory: A factory for TLS contexts, to control the