diff --git a/blocked_terms.txt b/blocked_terms.txt
index 7f0134d..544013a 100644
--- a/blocked_terms.txt
+++ b/blocked_terms.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
-# DELETE THIS COMMENT IN YOUR COPY.
-#
-# This is the global list of words to be blocked. unblocked_terms.txt has the
-# same contents. Copy unblocked_terms.txt to your project to enable repo hook to
-# block the words.
-
-# KEEP THIS COMMENT IN YOUR COPY.
-#
-# Don't delete this file if you want to keep keyword_check enabled even if it's
-# empty. See repohooks/README.md for more details.
+# This is the global list of words to be blocked. unblocked_terms.txt has
+# terms that are too commonly used still and are in the process of being
+# cleaned from the codebase. Copy unblocked_terms.txt to your project and
+# start commenting out terms to enable the repo hook to block the words.
 
 black.?hat
 black.?list
diff --git a/unblocked_terms.txt b/unblocked_terms.txt
index 7f0134d..df8af67 100644
--- a/unblocked_terms.txt
+++ b/unblocked_terms.txt
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
 # DELETE THIS COMMENT IN YOUR COPY.
 #
-# This is the global list of words to be blocked. unblocked_terms.txt has the
-# same contents. Copy unblocked_terms.txt to your project to enable repo hook to
-# block the words.
+# This is the global list of words which are still too commonly used in the
+# codebase to be blocked outright. This list will continue to shrink as the
+# codebase moves away from the use of these terms.
+#
+# Copy this file to your project and comment more words to enable the repo hook
+# to block the words.
 
 # KEEP THIS COMMENT IN YOUR COPY.
 #
 # Don't delete this file if you want to keep keyword_check enabled even if it's
-# empty. See repohooks/README.md for more details.
+# empty.
+#
+# See repohooks/README.md for more details.
 
-black.?hat
+# black.?hat
 black.?list
 build.?cop
 crazy
 cripple
 dummy
-first.?class.?citizen
-grandfathered
-gr[ae]y.?hat
+# first.?class.?citizen
+# grandfathered
+# gr[ae]y.?hat
 gr[ae]y.?list
 insane
 \bhe\b
@@ -35,8 +40,8 @@
 sane
 sanity
 slave
-white.?glove
-white.?hat
+# white.?glove
+# white.?hat
 white.?label
 white.?list
 wtf