diff --git a/INSTALL.in b/INSTALL.in
index 6fc8f25736..1b866b746f 100644
--- a/INSTALL.in
+++ b/INSTALL.in
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ options can be listed using the command `./configure --help'. There
 are several special options the GIMP `configure' script recognizes.
 These are:
 
-  --enable-vector-icons.  This option installs vectorial icons instead
-    of raster icons.
+  --enable-vector-icons.  This option installs vector icons instead of
+     raster icons.
 
   --enable-shared and --disable-shared.  This option affects whether
      shared libraries will be built or not. Shared libraries provide
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 11fa9ab9f7..93eba6a535 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2084,9 +2084,9 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_XMLLINT, test "x$XMLLINT" != "xno")
 AC_PATH_PROG(XSLTPROC, xsltproc, no)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_XSLTPROC, test "x$XSLTPROC" != "xno")
 
-###########################
-# Check for vectorial icons
-###########################
+########################
+# Check for vector icons
+########################
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(vector-icons, [  --enable-vector-icons   generate vector icons], ,
               enable_vector_icons=no)
@@ -2580,7 +2580,7 @@ Extra Binaries:
 
 Optional Features:
   Language selection:  $have_iso_codes
-  Vectorial icons:     $enable_vector_icons
+  Vector icons:        $enable_vector_icons
   Dr. Mingw (Win32):   $enable_drmingw
 
 Optional Plug-Ins:
diff --git a/devel-docs/icons.txt b/devel-docs/icons.txt
index 8f69ad32a2..55fedda996 100644
--- a/devel-docs/icons.txt
+++ b/devel-docs/icons.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Symbolic as well as the Color icons drawn before adding them.
 Pixel perfection
 ----------------
 
-Even as vectorial, icons should be pixel-perfect when possible.
+Even as vector images, icons should be pixel-perfect when possible.
 Therefore the first step before making an icon is to determine which
 size it is supposed to appear at.
 If the icon could appear in several sizes:
diff --git a/icons/Color/Makefile.am b/icons/Color/Makefile.am
index b2fccc7ae3..813c0932f4 100644
--- a/icons/Color/Makefile.am
+++ b/icons/Color/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ icons_DATA = \
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/icons/icon-list.mk
 
-# Vectorial icons are now committed into the repository.
+# Vector icons are now committed into the repository.
 # librsvg is just too buggy to handle build-time extraction with
 # acceptable quality.
 #scalable/%.svg: color-scalable.svg ../../tools/compute-svg-viewbox
diff --git a/icons/Symbolic/Makefile.am b/icons/Symbolic/Makefile.am
index 770603974e..67b189d11f 100644
--- a/icons/Symbolic/Makefile.am
+++ b/icons/Symbolic/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ icons_DATA = \
 ## official icon themes have the same list.
 include $(top_srcdir)/icons/icon-list.mk
 
-# Vectorial icons are now committed into the repository.
+# Vector icons are now committed into the repository.
 # librsvg is just too buggy to handle build-time extraction with
 # acceptable quality.
 #scalable/%.svg: symbolic-scalable.svg ../../tools/compute-svg-viewbox