diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.conf b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.conf
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 devd_enable="YES" 	# Run devd, to trigger programs on device tree changes.
 devd_flags=""		# Additional flags for devd(8).
 devmatch_enable="YES"	# Demand load kernel modules based on device ids.
-devmatch_blacklist=""	# List of modules (w/o .ko) to exclude from devmatch.
+devmatch_blocklist=""	# List of modules (w/o .ko) to exclude from devmatch.
 #kld_list="" 		# Kernel modules to load after local disks are mounted
 kldxref_enable="YES"	# Build linker.hints files with kldxref(8).
 kldxref_clobber="NO"	# Overwrite old linker.hints at boot.
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/devmatch b/libexec/rc/rc.d/devmatch
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/devmatch
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/devmatch
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
 	# or drivers that have symbolic links that
 	# confuse devmatch by running it -n.
 	# Finally, we filter out all items in the
-	# devmactch_blacklist.
+	# devmatch_blocklist.
 	devctl freeze
-	x=$(echo ${devmatch_blacklist} | tr ' ' '#')
+	x=$(echo ${devmatch_blocklist:-${devmatch_blacklist}} | tr ' ' '#')
 	for m in ${list}; do
 		case "#${x}#" in
 		*"#${m}#"*) continue ;;
diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 13, 2021
+.Dd June 18, 2021
 .Dt RC.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -257,8 +257,16 @@
 .Dq Li NO ,
 disable auto-loading of kernel modules with
 .Xr devmatch 8 .
+.It Va devmatch_blocklist
+.Pq Vt str
+A whitespace-separated list of kernel modules to be ignored by
+.Xr devmatch 8 .
 .It Va devmatch_blacklist
 .Pq Vt str
+This variable is deprecated.
+Use
+.Va devmatch_blocklist
+instead.
 A whitespace-separated list of kernel modules to be ignored by
 .Xr devmatch 8 .
 .It Va kld_list