diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
index dc7891988f..55e90e008e 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ PATCHRESOLVE = "noop"
 #
 # Monitor the disk space during the build. If there is less that 1GB of space or less
 # than 100K inodes in any key build location (TMPDIR, DL_DIR, SSTATE_DIR), gracefully
-# shutdown the build. If there is less than 100MB or 1K inodes, perform a hard abort
+# shutdown the build. If there is less than 100MB or 1K inodes, perform a hard halt
 # of the build. The reason for this is that running completely out of space can corrupt
 # files and damages the build in ways which may not be easily recoverable.
 # It's necessary to monitor /tmp, if there is no space left the build will fail
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ BB_DISKMON_DIRS ??= "\
     STOPTASKS,${DL_DIR},1G,100K \
     STOPTASKS,${SSTATE_DIR},1G,100K \
     STOPTASKS,/tmp,100M,100K \
-    ABORT,${TMPDIR},100M,1K \
-    ABORT,${DL_DIR},100M,1K \
-    ABORT,${SSTATE_DIR},100M,1K \
-    ABORT,/tmp,10M,1K"
+    HALT,${TMPDIR},100M,1K \
+    HALT,${DL_DIR},100M,1K \
+    HALT,${SSTATE_DIR},100M,1K \
+    HALT,/tmp,10M,1K"
 
 #
 # Shared-state files from other locations
diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample.extended b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample.extended
index 8a384540f9..1e3699ef8e 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample.extended
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample.extended
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ DISTRO_FEATURES:remove = "x11"
 # "action,directory,minimum_space,minimum_free_inode"
 #
 # The "action" must be set and should be one of:
-# ABORT: Immediately abort
+# HALT: Immediately halt
 # STOPTASKS: The new tasks can't be executed any more, will stop the build
 #           when the running tasks have been done.
 # WARN: show warnings (see BB_DISKMON_WARNINTERVAL for more information)