7 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/app/views/comment/new.rhtml b/app/views/comment/new.rhtml
index c0e7e3a22..7d7dfee6f 100644
--- a/app/views/comment/new.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/comment/new.rhtml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Annotations are so anyone, including you, can help the requester with their requ
     <li> Ideas on what <strong>other documents to request</strong> which the authority may hold. </li>
 <% end %>
 <% if [ 'rejected' ].include?(@info_request.described_state) %>
-    <li> Advise on whether the <strong>rejection is legal</strong>, and how to complain about it if not. </li>
+    <li> Advise on whether the <strong>refusal is legal</strong>, and how to complain about it if not. </li>
 <% end %>
 
 <% if [ 'internal_review' ].include?(@info_request.described_state) %>
diff --git a/app/views/general/search.rhtml b/app/views/general/search.rhtml
index 1fc93b099..9993e733a 100644
--- a/app/views/general/search.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/general/search.rhtml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <table class="status_table">
         <tr><td><strong><%=search_link('status:waiting_response')%></strong></td><td> Waiting for the public authority to reply </td></tr>
         <tr><td><strong><%=search_link('status:not_held')%></strong></td><td> The public authority does not have the information requested </td></tr>
-        <tr><td><strong><%=search_link('status:rejected')%></strong></td><td> The request was rejected by the public authority </td></tr>
+        <tr><td><strong><%=search_link('status:rejected')%></strong></td><td> The request was refused by the public authority </td></tr>
         <tr><td><strong><%=search_link('status:partially_successful')%></strong></td><td> Some of the information requested has been received </td></tr>
         <tr><td><strong><%=search_link('status:successful')%></strong></td><td> All of the information requested has been received </td></tr>
         <tr><td><strong><%=search_link('status:waiting_clarification')%></strong></td><td> The public authority would like part of the request explained </td></tr>
diff --git a/app/views/help/about.rhtml b/app/views/help/about.rhtml
index 4f1c6c288..5ff22b23f 100644
--- a/app/views/help/about.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/help/about.rhtml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ you have specifically agreed in advance to pay.  <a
     details</a> from the Information Commissioner.
 </p>
 
-<p>Sometimes an authority will reject your request, saying that the cost
+<p>Sometimes an authority will refuse your request, saying that the cost
 of handling it exceeds £600 (for central government) or £450 (for all other
 public authorities). At this point you can refine your
 request. e.g. it would be much cheaper for an authority to tell you the amount
diff --git a/app/views/help/unhappy.rhtml b/app/views/help/unhappy.rhtml
index cd302a81a..432c00f2e 100644
--- a/app/views/help/unhappy.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/help/unhappy.rhtml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ to your request '<%=request_link(@info_request) %>'?
 <ul>
 <li>You didn't get a reply within 20 working days</li>
 <li>You did not get all of the information that you requested <strong>or</strong></li>
-<li>Your request was rejected, but without a reason valid under the law</li>
+<li>Your request was refused, but without a reason valid under the law</li>
 </ul>
 
 <p>... you can</p>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ get the information by <strong>other means...</strong></p>
 
 <ul>
 <li>Make a <strong>new FOI request</strong> for summary information, or for
-documentation relating indirectly to matters in your rejected request.  
+documentation relating indirectly to matters in your refused request.  
 <a href="/help/contact">Ask us for ideas</a> if you're stuck.</li>
 <li>If any <strong>other public authorities</strong> or publicly owned companies are involved,
 then make FOI requests to them.</li>
diff --git a/app/views/request/_describe_state.rhtml b/app/views/request/_describe_state.rhtml
index 4496fddb6..a91231ae8 100644
--- a/app/views/request/_describe_state.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/request/_describe_state.rhtml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         </div>
         <div>
             <%= radio_button "incoming_message", "described_state", "rejected", :id => 'rejected' + id_suffix %>
-            <label for="rejected<%=id_suffix%>">My request has been <strong>rejected</strong></label>
+            <label for="rejected<%=id_suffix%>">My request has been <strong>refused</strong></label>
         </div>
 
         <hr> <!------------------------------------------------>
diff --git a/app/views/request/_other_describe_state.rhtml b/app/views/request/_other_describe_state.rhtml
index 866e90142..66f64c27a 100644
--- a/app/views/request/_other_describe_state.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/request/_other_describe_state.rhtml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     </div>
     <div>
         <%= radio_button "incoming_message", "described_state", "rejected", :id => 'rejected' + id_suffix %>
-        <label for="rejected<%=id_suffix%>">The request has been <strong>rejected</strong></label>
+        <label for="rejected<%=id_suffix%>">The request has been <strong>refused</strong></label>
     </div>
 
     <hr> <!------------------------------------------------>
diff --git a/app/views/request/show.rhtml b/app/views/request/show.rhtml
index 02f68bf21..97dc32512 100644
--- a/app/views/request/show.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/request/show.rhtml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     <% elsif @status == 'not_held' %>
         <%= public_body_link(@info_request.public_body) %> <strong>did not have</strong> the information requested.
     <% elsif @status == 'rejected' %>
-        The request was <strong>rejected</strong> by <%= public_body_link(@info_request.public_body) %>.
+        The request was <strong>refused</strong> by <%= public_body_link(@info_request.public_body) %>.
     <% elsif @status == 'successful' %>
         The request was <strong>successful</strong>.
     <% elsif @status == 'partially_successful' %>