diff --git a/app/views/account/settings/_cancellation.html.erb b/app/views/account/settings/_cancellation.html.erb
index dc5d7b734..2733425e8 100644
--- a/app/views/account/settings/_cancellation.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/account/settings/_cancellation.html.erb
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
   <section class="settings__section settings__section--negative">
     <header>
       <h2 class="divider">Danger zone</h2>
-      <div>Permanently delete this account and all its data, including users, boards, and cards.</div>
+      <div>Cancel your account and delete everything in&nbsp;it, including all boards and cards.</div>
     </header>
 
     <div data-controller="dialog toggle-enable" data-dialog-modal-value="true">
-      <button type="button" class="btn btn--negative" data-action="dialog#open">Delete account...</button>
+      <button type="button" class="btn btn--negative" data-action="dialog#open">Cancel account...</button>
 
       <dialog class="dialog panel panel--wide shadow" data-dialog-target="dialog" data-action="close->toggle-enable#reset" style="--panel-size: 48ch;">
-        <h2 class="margin-none txt-large txt-negative">Delete account</h2>
+        <h2 class="margin-none txt-large txt-negative">Cancel account</h2>
         <div class="txt-align-start">
           <h3 class="margin-block-start margin-block-end-half txt-normal">What happens next:</h3>
           <ul class="list-unindented margin-block-start-half margin-block-end">
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
           <h3 class="margin-block-end-half txt-normal">Remember to export your data</h3>
           <p class="margin-block-start-half margin-block-end">
-            <button type="button" class="btn btn--plain txt-link" data-controller="dispatch-event" data-dispatch-event-name-value="open-export" data-action="click->dialog#close click->dispatch-event#dispatch">Export your data</button> before you go. You won’t be able to do it after you delete your account.
+            <button type="button" class="btn btn--plain txt-link" data-controller="dispatch-event" data-dispatch-event-name-value="open-export" data-action="click->dialog#close click->dispatch-event#dispatch">Export your data</button> before you go. You won’t be able to do it after you cancel your account.
           </p>
         </div>
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
         <div class="flex gap justify-center">
           <button type="button" class="btn" autofocus data-action="dialog#close">Not now</button>
-          <%= button_to "Delete my account", account_cancellation_path,
+          <%= button_to "Cancel my account", account_cancellation_path,
               method: :post,
               class: "btn btn--negative",
               disabled: true,