diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85ab86f2e6dc..551a2dd00130 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ It does not work with some features. Also, if you change the default behaviour,
 
 ### Custom build
 
-For some cases could be useful adding a blacklist of features or generation a polyfill for target engines. You could use [`core-js-builder`](/packages/core-js-builder) package for that.
+For some cases could be useful adding a _exclude_ of features or generation a polyfill for target engines. You could use [`core-js-builder`](/packages/core-js-builder) package for that.
 
 ### Compatibility data
 
diff --git a/packages/core-js-builder/README.md b/packages/core-js-builder/README.md
index 85cf1a9aec50..7d560baf6685 100644
--- a/packages/core-js-builder/README.md
+++ b/packages/core-js-builder/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-For some cases could be useful adding a blacklist of features or generation a polyfill for target engines. This API helps conditionally include or exclude certain parts of [`core-js`](https://github.com/zloirock/core-js), use `browserslist` queries from [`core-js-compat`](https://github.com/zloirock/core-js/tree/master/packages/core-js-compat) package.
+For some cases could be useful adding a _exclude_ list of features or generation a polyfill for target engines. This API helps conditionally include or exclude certain parts of [`core-js`](https://github.com/zloirock/core-js), use `browserslist` queries from [`core-js-compat`](https://github.com/zloirock/core-js/tree/master/packages/core-js-compat) package.
+
+> **NOTE:**
+> `blacklist` parameter is now deprecated in favor of `exclude`. And will be removed in the next major version. You can't use both parameters since `blacklist` has precedence.
 
 ```js
 require('core-js-builder')({
-  modules: ['es', 'esnext.reflect', 'web'],        // modules / namespaces, by default - all `core-js` modules
-  blacklist: ['es.math', 'es.number.constructor'], // blacklist of modules / namespaces, by default - empty list
-  targets: '> 0.5%',                               // optional browserslist query
-  filename: './my-core-js-bundle.js',              // optional target filename, if it's missed a file will not be created
-}).then(code => {                                  // code of result polyfill
+  modules: ['es', 'esnext.reflect', 'web'],         // modules / namespaces, by default - all `core-js` modules
+  exclude: ['es.math', 'es.number.constructor'],    // exclude of modules / namespaces, by default - empty list
+  targets: '> 0.5%',                                // optional browserslist query
+  filename: './my-core-js-bundle.js',               // optional target filename, if it's missed a file will not be created
+}).then(code => {                                   // code of result polyfill
   // ...
 }).catch(error => {
   // ...
diff --git a/packages/core-js-builder/index.js b/packages/core-js-builder/index.js
index 1c3af1f8e876..003d7c9eddea 100644
--- a/packages/core-js-builder/index.js
+++ b/packages/core-js-builder/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ const compat = require('core-js-compat/compat');
 const modulesList = require('core-js-compat/modules');
 const { banner } = require('./config');
 
-module.exports = async function ({ blacklist = [], modules = modulesList.slice(), targets, filename } = {}) {
+module.exports = async function ({
+    blacklist, // TODO: Remove from `core-js@4`
+    exclude = [],
+    modules = modulesList.slice(),
+    targets,
+    filename,
+} = {}) {
   const set = new Set();
 
   function filter(method, list) {
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@ module.exports = async function ({ blacklist = [], modules = modulesList.slice()
   }
 
   filter('add', modules);
-  filter('delete', blacklist);
+  filter('delete', blacklist || exclude);
 
   modules = modulesList.filter(it => set.has(it));