diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
index 7601d15a0e..315086a6ec 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ overview of their function and contents.
          where:
 
             <action> is:
-               ABORT:     Immediately abort the build when
+               HALT:      Immediately halt the build when
                           a threshold is broken.
                STOPTASKS: Stop the build after the currently
                           executing tasks have finished when
@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@ overview of their function and contents.
 
       Here are some examples::
 
-         BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "ABORT,${TMPDIR},1G,100K WARN,${SSTATE_DIR},1G,100K"
+         BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "HALT,${TMPDIR},1G,100K WARN,${SSTATE_DIR},1G,100K"
          BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "STOPTASKS,${TMPDIR},1G"
-         BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "ABORT,${TMPDIR},,100K"
+         BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "HALT,${TMPDIR},,100K"
 
       The first example works only if you also set the
       :term:`BB_DISKMON_WARNINTERVAL`
-      variable. This example causes the build system to immediately abort
+      variable. This example causes the build system to immediately halt
       when either the disk space in ``${TMPDIR}`` drops below 1 Gbyte or
       the available free inodes drops below 100 Kbytes. Because two
       directories are provided with the variable, the build system also
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ overview of their function and contents.
       directory drops below 1 Gbyte. No disk monitoring occurs for the free
       inodes in this case.
 
-      The final example immediately aborts the build when the number of
+      The final example immediately halts the build when the number of
       free inodes in the ``${TMPDIR}`` directory drops below 100 Kbytes. No
       disk space monitoring for the directory itself occurs in this case.
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
index 89215e3dea..df020551e3 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class BuildCompleted(BuildBase, OperationCompleted):
         BuildBase.__init__(self, n, p, failures)
 
 class DiskFull(Event):
-    """Disk full case build aborted"""
+    """Disk full case build halted"""
     def __init__(self, dev, type, freespace, mountpoint):
         Event.__init__(self)
         self._dev = dev
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/monitordisk.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/monitordisk.py
index 98f2109ed2..8d8cfbb937 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/monitordisk.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/monitordisk.py
@@ -76,7 +76,12 @@ def getDiskData(BBDirs):
             return None
 
         action = pathSpaceInodeRe.group(1)
-        if action not in ("ABORT", "STOPTASKS", "WARN"):
+        if action == "ABORT":
+            # Emit a deprecation warning
+            logger.warnonce("The BB_DISKMON_DIRS \"ABORT\" action has been been renamed to \"HALT\", update configuration")
+            action = "HALT"
+
+        if action not in ("HALT", "STOPTASKS", "WARN"):
             printErr("Unknown disk space monitor action: %s" % action)
             return None
 
@@ -177,7 +182,7 @@ class diskMonitor:
                     # use them to avoid printing too many warning messages
                     self.preFreeS = {}
                     self.preFreeI = {}
-                    # This is for STOPTASKS and ABORT, to avoid printing the message
+                    # This is for STOPTASKS and HALT, to avoid printing the message
                     # repeatedly while waiting for the tasks to finish
                     self.checked = {}
                     for k in self.devDict:
@@ -219,8 +224,8 @@ class diskMonitor:
                         self.checked[k] = True
                         rq.finish_runqueue(False)
                         bb.event.fire(bb.event.DiskFull(dev, 'disk', freeSpace, path), self.configuration)
-                    elif action == "ABORT" and not self.checked[k]:
-                        logger.error("Immediately abort since the disk space monitor action is \"ABORT\"!")
+                    elif action == "HALT" and not self.checked[k]:
+                        logger.error("Immediately halt since the disk space monitor action is \"HALT\"!")
                         self.checked[k] = True
                         rq.finish_runqueue(True)
                         bb.event.fire(bb.event.DiskFull(dev, 'disk', freeSpace, path), self.configuration)
@@ -245,8 +250,8 @@ class diskMonitor:
                         self.checked[k] = True
                         rq.finish_runqueue(False)
                         bb.event.fire(bb.event.DiskFull(dev, 'inode', freeInode, path), self.configuration)
-                    elif action  == "ABORT" and not self.checked[k]:
-                        logger.error("Immediately abort since the disk space monitor action is \"ABORT\"!")
+                    elif action  == "HALT" and not self.checked[k]:
+                        logger.error("Immediately halt since the disk space monitor action is \"HALT\"!")
                         self.checked[k] = True
                         rq.finish_runqueue(True)
                         bb.event.fire(bb.event.DiskFull(dev, 'inode', freeInode, path), self.configuration)