diff --git a/cluster/health-monitor.sh b/cluster/health-monitor.sh
index f0e1ce873..b9a690f42 100755
--- a/cluster/health-monitor.sh
+++ b/cluster/health-monitor.sh
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ CHECK_PERIOD=${CHECK_PERIOD:-10}
 SLEEP_SECONDS=${SLEEP_SECONDS:-120}
 
 while true; do
-  # Use crictl sandboxes because it requires both containerd and
+  # Use crictl pods because it requires both containerd and
   # cri-containerd to be working.
-  if ! timeout ${COMMAND_TIMEOUT} ${CRICTL} sandboxes > /dev/null; then
-    echo "crictl sandboxes timeout!"
+  if ! timeout ${COMMAND_TIMEOUT} ${CRICTL} pods > /dev/null; then
+    echo "crictl pods timeout!"
     pkill containerd
     pkill cri-containerd
     # Wait for a while, as we don't want to kill it again before it is really up.
diff --git a/docs/crictl.md b/docs/crictl.md
index c0dc68b53..70a526f75 100644
--- a/docs/crictl.md
+++ b/docs/crictl.md
@@ -50,19 +50,19 @@ $ cat sandbox-config.json
     }
 }
 
-$ crictl runs sandbox-config.json
+$ crictl runp sandbox-config.json
 e1c83b0b8d481d4af8ba98d5f7812577fc175a37b10dc824335951f52addbb4e
-$ crictl sandboxes
-SANDBOX ID          CREATED             STATE               NAME               NAMESPACE          ATTEMPT
+$ crictl pods
+PODSANDBOX ID       CREATED             STATE               NAME               NAMESPACE          ATTEMPT
 e1c83b0b8d481       2 hours ago         SANDBOX_READY       nginx-sandbox      default            1
 $ crictl inspects e1c8
-  ... displays information about the pod and the sandbox pause container.
+  ... displays information about the pod and the pod sandbox pause container.
 ```
 * Note: As shown above, you may use truncated IDs if they are unique.
 * Other commands to manage the pod include `stops ID` to stop a running pod and
-`rms ID` to remove a pod sandbox.
+`rmp ID` to remove a pod sandbox.
 
-## Create and Run a Container in a Sandbox (using a config file)
+## Create and Run a Container in a Pod Sandbox (using a config file)
 ```console
 $ cat sandbox-config.json
 {
diff --git a/hack/cri-reset.sh b/hack/cri-reset.sh
index c1c93b600..f62578f01 100755
--- a/hack/cri-reset.sh
+++ b/hack/cri-reset.sh
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ crictl_rm_stopped_containers() {
    done
 }
 
-crictl_stop_sandboxes() {
-   for x in $($CRICTL_CLI sandboxes | awk '{ print $1 }' | awk '{if(NR>1)print}') ;do
+crictl_stop_pods() {
+   for x in $($CRICTL_CLI pods | awk '{ print $1 }' | awk '{if(NR>1)print}') ;do
        $CRICTL_CLI stops $x
    done
 }
 
-crictl_rm_sandboxes() {
-   for x in $($CRICTL_CLI sandboxes | awk '{ print $1 }' | awk '{if(NR>1)print}') ;do
+crictl_rm_pods() {
+   for x in $($CRICTL_CLI pods | awk '{ print $1 }' | awk '{if(NR>1)print}') ;do
        $CRICTL_CLI rms $x
    done
 }
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ crictl_rm_images() {
 command -v crictl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "crictl not installed. Install from https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-tools.  Aborting."; exit 2; }
 crictl_stop_running_containers
 crictl_rm_stopped_containers
-crictl_stop_sandboxes
-crictl_rm_sandboxes
+crictl_stop_pods
+crictl_rm_pods
 crictl_rm_images
diff --git a/pkg/server/instrumented_service.go b/pkg/server/instrumented_service.go
index b7de2fe81..c9b8a5323 100644
--- a/pkg/server/instrumented_service.go
+++ b/pkg/server/instrumented_service.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (in *instrumentedService) ListPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.Li
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.WithError(err).Error("ListPodSandbox failed")
 		} else {
-			log.Tracef("ListPodSandbox returns sandboxes %+v", res.GetItems())
+			log.Tracef("ListPodSandbox returns pod sandboxes %+v", res.GetItems())
 		}
 	}()
 	return in.c.ListPodSandbox(ctx, r)
diff --git a/pkg/server/restart.go b/pkg/server/restart.go
index ee8f471ec..42a833686 100644
--- a/pkg/server/restart.go
+++ b/pkg/server/restart.go
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ func cleanupOrphanedSandboxDirs(cntrs []containerd.Container, sandboxesRoot stri
 	// Cleanup orphaned sandbox directories.
 	dirs, err := ioutil.ReadDir(sandboxesRoot)
 	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read sandboxes directory %q: %v", sandboxesRoot, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read pod sandboxes directory %q: %v", sandboxesRoot, err)
 	}
 	cntrsMap := make(map[string]containerd.Container)
 	for _, cntr := range cntrs {
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ func cleanupOrphanedSandboxDirs(cntrs []containerd.Container, sandboxesRoot stri
 	}
 	for _, d := range dirs {
 		if !d.IsDir() {
-			logrus.Warnf("Invalid file %q found in sandboxes directory", d.Name())
+			logrus.Warnf("Invalid file %q found in pod sandboxes directory", d.Name())
 			continue
 		}
 		if _, ok := cntrsMap[d.Name()]; ok {
@@ -469,9 +469,9 @@ func cleanupOrphanedSandboxDirs(cntrs []containerd.Container, sandboxesRoot stri
 		}
 		sandboxDir := filepath.Join(sandboxesRoot, d.Name())
 		if err := system.EnsureRemoveAll(sandboxDir); err != nil {
-			logrus.WithError(err).Warnf("Failed to remove sandbox directory %q", sandboxDir)
+			logrus.WithError(err).Warnf("Failed to remove pod sandbox directory %q", sandboxDir)
 		} else {
-			logrus.Debugf("Cleanup orphaned sandbox directory %q", sandboxDir)
+			logrus.Debugf("Cleanup orphaned pod sandbox directory %q", sandboxDir)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil