diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb
index 32f5c6ab142..91aac6df4b1 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/job.rb
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ module Gitlab
           entry :services, Entry::Services,
             description: 'Services that will be used to execute this job.'
 
-          entry :only, Entry::Trigger,
+          entry :only, Entry::Policy,
             description: 'Refs policy this job will be executed for.'
 
-          entry :except, Entry::Trigger,
+          entry :except, Entry::Policy,
             description: 'Refs policy this job will be executed for.'
 
           entry :variables, Entry::Variables,
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/trigger.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/policy.rb
similarity index 91%
rename from lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/trigger.rb
rename to lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/policy.rb
index 16b234e6c59..a08ab8a9d14 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/trigger.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/policy.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Gitlab
         ##
         # Entry that represents a trigger policy for the job.
         #
-        class Trigger < Node
+        class Policy < Node
           include Validatable
 
           validations do
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/trigger_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/policy_spec.rb
similarity index 90%
rename from spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/trigger_spec.rb
rename to spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/policy_spec.rb
index e4ee44f1274..ac57e3ef539 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/trigger_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/config/entry/policy_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-describe Gitlab::Ci::Config::Entry::Trigger do
+describe Gitlab::Ci::Config::Entry::Policy do
   let(:entry) { described_class.new(config) }
 
   describe 'validations' do
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Ci::Config::Entry::Trigger do
       describe '#errors' do
         it 'saves errors' do
           expect(entry.errors)
-            .to include 'trigger config should be an array of strings or regexps'
+            .to include 'policy config should be an array of strings or regexps'
         end
       end
     end