diff --git a/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.html.erb b/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.html.erb
index 0445c6da..ae4f4018 100644
--- a/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.html.erb
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
   <div style="padding: 16px; background: white; text-align: left;">
     <% button_style = "background-color:#4fc059;border-radius:2px;color:white;display:inline-block;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;min-height:29px;line-height:29px;min-width:54px;outline:0px;padding:0 8px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none" %>
 
-    <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><%= @request.user.name %></span> is requesting access to <span style="font-weight: bold">collaboratively edit</span> the following metamap:</p>
+    <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><%= @request.user.name %></span> is requesting access to <span style="font-weight: bold">collaboratively edit</span> the following map:</p>
 
     <p><%= @map.name %></p>
 
-    <p><%= link_to "Grant", approve_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id), target: "_blank", style: "font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #4fc059;" %>
-    <p><%= link_to "Deny", deny_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id), target: "_blank", style: "font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #DB5D5D;" %></p>
+    <p><%= link_to "Allow", approve_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id), target: "_blank", style: "font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #4fc059;" %>
+    <p><%= link_to "Decline", deny_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id), target: "_blank", style: "font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #DB5D5D;" %></p>
 
     <%= link_to 'Open in Metamaps', map_url(@map), target: "_blank", style: button_style %> 
 
diff --git a/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.text.erb b/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.text.erb
index 0c5b07dd..ad698d9e 100644
--- a/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.text.erb
+++ b/app/views/map_mailer/access_request_email.text.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-<%= @request.user.name %> has requested to collaboratively edit the following metamap:
+<%= @request.user.name %> has requested to collaboratively edit the following map:
 
 <%= @map.name %> [<%= map_url(@map) %>]
 
-Approve Request [<%= approve_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id) %>]
-Deny Request [<%= deny_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id) %>]
+Allow [<%= approve_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id) %>]
+Decline [<%= deny_access_map_url(id: @map.id, request_id: @request.id) %>]
 
 Make sense with Metamaps