diff --git a/ietf/meeting/views.py b/ietf/meeting/views.py
index 69635d6219..093220cfec 100644
--- a/ietf/meeting/views.py
+++ b/ietf/meeting/views.py
@@ -5291,7 +5291,7 @@ def approve_proposed_slides(request, slidesubmission_id, num):
             if request.POST.get('approve'):
                 # Ensure that we have a file to approve.  The system gets cranky otherwise.
                 if submission.filename is None or submission.filename == '' or not os.path.isfile(submission.staged_filepath()):
-                    return HttpResponseNotFound("The slides you attempted to approve could not be found.  Please disapprove and delete them instead.")
+                    return HttpResponseNotFound("The slides you attempted to approve could not be found.  Please decline and delete them instead.")
                 title = form.cleaned_data['title']
                 if existing_doc:
                    doc = Document.objects.get(name=name)
diff --git a/ietf/templates/meeting/approve_proposed_slides.html b/ietf/templates/meeting/approve_proposed_slides.html
index 37fb523394..204473f455 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/meeting/approve_proposed_slides.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/meeting/approve_proposed_slides.html
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ <h2>
         <button type="submit"
                 class="btn btn-warning"
                 name="disapprove"
-                value="disapprove">Disapprove and Delete</button>
+                value="disapprove">Decline and Delete</button>
     </form>
-{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/ietf/templates/meeting/previously_approved_slides.html b/ietf/templates/meeting/previously_approved_slides.html
index 25a4c97863..95975cb63f 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/meeting/previously_approved_slides.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/meeting/previously_approved_slides.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ <h1 class="mb-3">
         {% if submission.status.slug == 'approved' %}
             approved
         {% else %}
-            rejected
+            declined
         {% endif %}
     </h1>
     <p>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ <h1 class="mb-3">
         {% if submission.status.slug == 'approved' %}
             approved.
         {% else %}
-            rejected.
+            declined.
         {% endif %}
         No further action is needed.
     </p>
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ <h1 class="mb-3">
             return to this meeting session
         </a>.
     </p>
-{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endblock %}