--- a/docs/evolve-faq.rst	Sat Apr 27 19:32:03 2019 -0400
+++ b/docs/evolve-faq.rst	Sat Apr 27 19:42:42 2019 -0400
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@
 .. warning:: Beware that rebasing changesets already obsolete will likely result in
              divergent versions of the changesets.
 
-Resolve history troubles: ``evolve``
-------------------------------------
+Resolve history instability: ``evolve``
+---------------------------------------
 
 When you rewrite (amend) a changeset with children without rewriting
 those children you create *unstable* changesets and *suspended

--- a/docs/sharing.rst	Sat Apr 27 19:32:03 2019 -0400
+++ b/docs/sharing.rst	Sat Apr 27 19:42:42 2019 -0400
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
 the most common type of troubled changeset. (Recall that a
 non-obsolete changeset with obsolete ancestors is an orphan.)
 
-Two other types of troubles can happen: *divergent* and
+Two other types of instability can happen: *divergent* and
 *bumped* changesets. Both are more likely with shared mutable
 history, especially mutable history shared by multiple developers.
 

--- a/docs/tutorial/slides.md	Sat Apr 27 19:32:03 2019 -0400
+++ b/docs/tutorial/slides.md	Sat Apr 27 19:42:42 2019 -0400
@@ -1130,9 +1130,9 @@
 
 À deux:
 
-- troubles, divergence, orphan
-- troubles visualization
-- troubles resolution
+- instability, divergence, orphan
+- instability visualization
+- instability resolution
 - collaboration workflow
 
 Parler du happy path d'abord -->
@@ -2025,7 +2025,7 @@
 </table>
 
 
-## Troubles
+## Instability
 
 #### Evolution
 
@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@
 
 #### instability
 
-(currently: *troubles*)
+(currently: *instability*)
 
 * **Orphans:** ancestors were rewritten
 
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@
 
 <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/46vrhWWOJ4wHC/giphy.gif">
 
-## extra - Troubles
+## extra - Instability
 
 #### Obsolete
 

--- a/docs/tutorial/test-training.t	Sat Apr 27 19:32:03 2019 -0400
+++ b/docs/tutorial/test-training.t	Sat Apr 27 19:42:42 2019 -0400
@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@
       	19 -> 20	 [penwidth=2.0];
       }
 
-Basic troubles + stabilization
+Basic instability + stabilization
 ------------------------------
 
   $ cp -R $TESTTMP/evolve_training_repo $TESTDIR/base-repos/edit-mid-stack/

--- a/docs/user-guide.rst	Sat Apr 27 19:32:03 2019 -0400
+++ b/docs/user-guide.rst	Sat Apr 27 19:42:42 2019 -0400
@@ -352,10 +352,10 @@
 scenarios. All of these scenarios will involve *unstable* changesets,
 which is an unavoidable consequence of obsolescence. What really sets
 ``evolve`` apart from other history modification mechanisms is the
-fact that it recognizes troubles like unstable changesets and provides
+fact that it recognizes instability like unstable changesets and provides
 a consistent way for you to get back to a stable repository.
 
-(Incidentally, there are two other types of troubles that changesets
+(Incidentally, there are two other types of instability that changesets
 can get into with ``evolve``: they may be *divergent* or
 *bumped*. Both of those states are more likely to occur when
 `sharing mutable history`_, so we won't cover them in this user guide.)