diff --git a/cmd/esbuild/main.go b/cmd/esbuild/main.go
index 19cd7e1fca1..7e8dd728f5f 100644
--- a/cmd/esbuild/main.go
+++ b/cmd/esbuild/main.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ var helpText = func(colors logger.Colors) string {
   --jsx-fragment=...        What to use for JSX instead of React.Fragment
   --jsx=...                 Set to "preserve" to disable transforming JSX to JS
   --keep-names              Preserve "name" on functions and classes
-  --legal-comments=...      Where to place license comments (none | inline |
+  --legal-comments=...      Where to place legal comments (none | inline |
                             eof | linked | external, default eof when bundling
                             and inline otherwise)
   --log-level=...           Disable logging (verbose | debug | info | warning |
diff --git a/internal/bundler/linker.go b/internal/bundler/linker.go
index e26e307b72a..77b312b5aac 100644
--- a/internal/bundler/linker.go
+++ b/internal/bundler/linker.go
@@ -5021,7 +5021,7 @@ func (c *linkerContext) generateChunkCSS(chunks []chunkInfo, chunkIndex int, chu
 	chunkWaitGroup.Done()
 }
 
-// Add all unique license comments to the end of the file. These are
+// Add all unique legal comments to the end of the file. These are
 // deduplicated because some projects have thousands of files with the same
 // comment. The comment must be preserved in the output for legal reasons but
 // at the same time we want to generate a small bundle when minifying.
diff --git a/internal/css_lexer/css_lexer.go b/internal/css_lexer/css_lexer.go
index 0fa72f76f9c..94e21aca021 100644
--- a/internal/css_lexer/css_lexer.go
+++ b/internal/css_lexer/css_lexer.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ type lexer struct {
 	current                 int
 	codePoint               rune
 	Token                   Token
-	licenseCommentsBefore   []Comment
+	legalCommentsBefore     []Comment
 	approximateNewlineCount int
 	sourceMappingURL        logger.Span
 }
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ type Comment struct {
 
 type TokenizeResult struct {
 	Tokens               []Token
-	LicenseComments      []Comment
+	LegalComments        []Comment
 	ApproximateLineCount int32
 	SourceMapComment     logger.Span
 }
@@ -198,26 +198,26 @@ func Tokenize(log logger.Log, source logger.Source) TokenizeResult {
 	var tokens []Token
 	var comments []Comment
 	for lexer.Token.Kind != TEndOfFile {
-		if lexer.licenseCommentsBefore != nil {
-			for _, comment := range lexer.licenseCommentsBefore {
+		if lexer.legalCommentsBefore != nil {
+			for _, comment := range lexer.legalCommentsBefore {
 				comment.TokenIndexAfter = uint32(len(tokens))
 				comments = append(comments, comment)
 			}
-			lexer.licenseCommentsBefore = nil
+			lexer.legalCommentsBefore = nil
 		}
 		tokens = append(tokens, lexer.Token)
 		lexer.next()
 	}
-	if lexer.licenseCommentsBefore != nil {
-		for _, comment := range lexer.licenseCommentsBefore {
+	if lexer.legalCommentsBefore != nil {
+		for _, comment := range lexer.legalCommentsBefore {
 			comment.TokenIndexAfter = uint32(len(tokens))
 			comments = append(comments, comment)
 		}
-		lexer.licenseCommentsBefore = nil
+		lexer.legalCommentsBefore = nil
 	}
 	return TokenizeResult{
 		Tokens:               tokens,
-		LicenseComments:      comments,
+		LegalComments:        comments,
 		ApproximateLineCount: int32(lexer.approximateNewlineCount) + 1,
 		SourceMapComment:     lexer.sourceMappingURL,
 	}
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ func (lexer *lexer) next() {
 
 func (lexer *lexer) consumeToEndOfMultiLineComment(startRange logger.Range) {
 	startOfSourceMappingURL := 0
-	isLicenseComment := false
+	isLegalComment := false
 
 	switch lexer.codePoint {
 	case '#', '@':
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@ func (lexer *lexer) consumeToEndOfMultiLineComment(startRange logger.Range) {
 		}
 
 	case '!':
-		// Remember if this is a license comment
-		isLicenseComment = true
+		// Remember if this is a legal comment
+		isLegalComment = true
 	}
 
 	for {
@@ -485,10 +485,10 @@ func (lexer *lexer) consumeToEndOfMultiLineComment(startRange logger.Range) {
 					lexer.sourceMappingURL = logger.Span{Text: text[:r.Len], Range: r}
 				}
 
-				// Record license comments
-				if text := lexer.source.Contents[startRange.Loc.Start:commentEnd]; isLicenseComment || containsAtPreserveOrAtLicense(text) {
+				// Record legal comments
+				if text := lexer.source.Contents[startRange.Loc.Start:commentEnd]; isLegalComment || containsAtPreserveOrAtLicense(text) {
 					text = helpers.RemoveMultiLineCommentIndent(lexer.source.Contents[:startRange.Loc.Start], text)
-					lexer.licenseCommentsBefore = append(lexer.licenseCommentsBefore, Comment{Loc: startRange.Loc, Text: text})
+					lexer.legalCommentsBefore = append(lexer.legalCommentsBefore, Comment{Loc: startRange.Loc, Text: text})
 				}
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/internal/css_parser/css_parser.go b/internal/css_parser/css_parser.go
index 53043be3293..7911ada83c3 100644
--- a/internal/css_parser/css_parser.go
+++ b/internal/css_parser/css_parser.go
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ import (
 // support for parsing https://drafts.csswg.org/css-nesting-1/.
 
 type parser struct {
-	log                 logger.Log
-	source              logger.Source
-	tracker             logger.LineColumnTracker
-	options             Options
-	tokens              []css_lexer.Token
-	licenseComments     []css_lexer.Comment
-	stack               []css_lexer.T
-	index               int
-	end                 int
-	licenseCommentIndex int
-	prevError           logger.Loc
-	importRecords       []ast.ImportRecord
+	log               logger.Log
+	source            logger.Source
+	tracker           logger.LineColumnTracker
+	options           Options
+	tokens            []css_lexer.Token
+	legalComments     []css_lexer.Comment
+	stack             []css_lexer.T
+	index             int
+	end               int
+	legalCommentIndex int
+	prevError         logger.Loc
+	importRecords     []ast.ImportRecord
 }
 
 type Options struct {
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ type Options struct {
 func Parse(log logger.Log, source logger.Source, options Options) css_ast.AST {
 	result := css_lexer.Tokenize(log, source)
 	p := parser{
-		log:             log,
-		source:          source,
-		tracker:         logger.MakeLineColumnTracker(&source),
-		options:         options,
-		tokens:          result.Tokens,
-		licenseComments: result.LicenseComments,
-		prevError:       logger.Loc{Start: -1},
+		log:           log,
+		source:        source,
+		tracker:       logger.MakeLineColumnTracker(&source),
+		options:       options,
+		tokens:        result.Tokens,
+		legalComments: result.LegalComments,
+		prevError:     logger.Loc{Start: -1},
 	}
 	p.end = len(p.tokens)
 	rules := p.parseListOfRules(ruleContext{
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ func (p *parser) parseListOfRules(context ruleContext) []css_ast.Rule {
 
 loop:
 	for {
-		// If there are any license comments immediately before the current token,
+		// If there are any legal comments immediately before the current token,
 		// turn them all into comment rules and append them to the current rule list
-		for p.licenseCommentIndex < len(p.licenseComments) {
-			comment := p.licenseComments[p.licenseCommentIndex]
+		for p.legalCommentIndex < len(p.legalComments) {
+			comment := p.legalComments[p.legalCommentIndex]
 			if comment.TokenIndexAfter != uint32(p.index) {
 				break
 			}
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ loop:
 			if context.isTopLevel {
 				locs = append(locs, comment.Loc)
 			}
-			p.licenseCommentIndex++
+			p.legalCommentIndex++
 		}
 
 		switch p.current().Kind {
diff --git a/internal/css_parser/css_parser_test.go b/internal/css_parser/css_parser_test.go
index f5a19c989d2..d0f8dafec70 100644
--- a/internal/css_parser/css_parser_test.go
+++ b/internal/css_parser/css_parser_test.go
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ func TestAtImport(t *testing.T) {
 	expectParseError(t, "@import \"foo.css\" {}", "<stdin>: warning: Expected \";\" but found end of file\n")
 }
 
-func TestLicenseComment(t *testing.T) {
+func TestLegalComment(t *testing.T) {
 	expectPrinted(t, "/*!*/@import \"x\";", "/*!*/\n@import \"x\";\n")
 	expectPrinted(t, "/*!*/@charset \"UTF-8\";", "/*!*/\n@charset \"UTF-8\";\n")
 	expectPrinted(t, "/*!*/ @import \"x\";", "/*!*/\n@import \"x\";\n")
diff --git a/internal/js_parser/js_parser_test.go b/internal/js_parser/js_parser_test.go
index c45de1a8689..a120c239c85 100644
--- a/internal/js_parser/js_parser_test.go
+++ b/internal/js_parser/js_parser_test.go
@@ -234,14 +234,14 @@ func TestStrictMode(t *testing.T) {
 
 	expectPrinted(t, "'use strict'", "\"use strict\";\n")
 	expectPrinted(t, "`use strict`", "`use strict`;\n")
-	expectPrinted(t, "//! @license comment\n 'use strict'", "\"use strict\";\n//! @license comment\n")
-	expectPrinted(t, "/*! @license comment */ 'use strict'", "\"use strict\";\n/*! @license comment */\n")
-	expectPrinted(t, "function f() { //! @license comment\n 'use strict' }", "function f() {\n  //! @license comment\n  \"use strict\";\n}\n")
-	expectPrinted(t, "function f() { /*! @license comment */ 'use strict' }", "function f() {\n  /*! @license comment */\n  \"use strict\";\n}\n")
-	expectParseError(t, "//! @license comment\n 'use strict'", "")
-	expectParseError(t, "/*! @license comment */ 'use strict'", "")
-	expectParseError(t, "function f() { //! @license comment\n 'use strict' }", "")
-	expectParseError(t, "function f() { /*! @license comment */ 'use strict' }", "")
+	expectPrinted(t, "//! @legal comment\n 'use strict'", "\"use strict\";\n//! @legal comment\n")
+	expectPrinted(t, "/*! @legal comment */ 'use strict'", "\"use strict\";\n/*! @legal comment */\n")
+	expectPrinted(t, "function f() { //! @legal comment\n 'use strict' }", "function f() {\n  //! @legal comment\n  \"use strict\";\n}\n")
+	expectPrinted(t, "function f() { /*! @legal comment */ 'use strict' }", "function f() {\n  /*! @legal comment */\n  \"use strict\";\n}\n")
+	expectParseError(t, "//! @legal comment\n 'use strict'", "")
+	expectParseError(t, "/*! @legal comment */ 'use strict'", "")
+	expectParseError(t, "function f() { //! @legal comment\n 'use strict' }", "")
+	expectParseError(t, "function f() { /*! @legal comment */ 'use strict' }", "")
 
 	nonSimple := "<stdin>: error: Cannot use a \"use strict\" directive in a function with a non-simple parameter list\n"
 	expectParseError(t, "function f() { 'use strict' }", "")
diff --git a/scripts/end-to-end-tests.js b/scripts/end-to-end-tests.js
index abfcefe402e..f08be85207e 100644
--- a/scripts/end-to-end-tests.js
+++ b/scripts/end-to-end-tests.js
@@ -2138,7 +2138,7 @@
     }),
     test(['entry.js', '--outfile=node.js', '--target=es6'], {
       'entry.js': `
-        //! @license comment
+        //! @legal comment
         'use strict'
         function f(a) {
           a **= 2