diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index 51638a07d50..3d3b7ed8edd 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
         self._selinux_mls_enabled = None
         self._selinux_initial_context = None
 
-        # finally, make sure we're in a sane working dir
+        # finally, make sure we're in a logical working dir
         self._set_cwd()
 
     @property
@@ -2054,7 +2054,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
                 # not as exact as above, but should be good enough for most platforms that fail the previous call
                 buffer_size = select.PIPE_BUF
             except Exception:
-                buffer_size = 9000  # use sane default JIC
+                buffer_size = 9000  # use logical default JIC
 
         return buffer_size
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/csharp/Ansible.Process.cs b/lib/ansible/module_utils/csharp/Ansible.Process.cs
index fc156b7a20e..a351dcd0493 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/csharp/Ansible.Process.cs
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/csharp/Ansible.Process.cs
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ namespace Ansible.Process
         internal static Result WaitProcess(SafeFileHandle stdoutRead, SafeFileHandle stdoutWrite, SafeFileHandle stderrRead,
             SafeFileHandle stderrWrite, FileStream stdinStream, byte[] stdin, IntPtr hProcess, string outputEncoding = null)
         {
-            // Default to using UTF-8 as the output encoding, this should be a sane default for most scenarios.
+            // Default to using UTF-8 as the output encoding, this should be a logical default for most scenarios.
             outputEncoding = String.IsNullOrEmpty(outputEncoding) ? "utf-8" : outputEncoding;
             Encoding encodingInstance = Encoding.GetEncoding(outputEncoding);
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py b/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py
index 44abe0b7ee0..2b8d82faf9e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ class DnfModule(YumDnf):
                 else:
                     return True         # No stream provided, but module found
 
-        return False  # seems like a sane default
+        return False  # seems like a logical default
 
     def ensure(self):
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ansible-doc/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/ansible-doc/runme.sh
index 1cfe211f9d0..80149d708da 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/ansible-doc/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ansible-doc/runme.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# always set sane error behaviors, enable execution tracing later if sufficient verbosity requested
+# always set logical error behaviors, enable execution tracing later if sufficient verbosity requested
 set -eu
 
 verbosity=0
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml b/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml
index 55ab51d21d2..dba6b265ebf 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml
@@ -319,13 +319,13 @@
     dest: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/non-existing.list
     content: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/non-existing trusty main
 
-- name: test for sane error message
+- name: test for logical error message
   apt:
     update_cache: yes
   register: apt_result
   ignore_errors: yes
 
-- name: verify sane error message
+- name: verify logical error message
   assert:
     that:
       - "'Failed to fetch' in apt_result['msg']"