diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_orchestration/components/policy_drawer/groups_toggle_list.vue b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_orchestration/components/policy_drawer/groups_toggle_list.vue
index f62cf07b7a4283230114074b52f2a0e88e1551d8..ae9008b0f9e07a2c5f86e60e788159e596c35e35 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_orchestration/components/policy_drawer/groups_toggle_list.vue
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_orchestration/components/policy_drawer/groups_toggle_list.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default {
     groupsHeader: s__('SecurityOrchestration|Linked groups'),
     groupsInlineListHeader: s__('SecurityOrchestration|All projects in linked groups'),
     groupsInlineListSubHeader: s__('SecurityOrchestration|(%{groups})'),
-    projectsHeader: s__('SecurityOrchestration|Exception projects'),
+    projectsHeader: s__('SecurityOrchestration|Excluded projects'),
   },
   name: 'GroupsToggleList',
   components: {
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ export default {
     groupsHeader() {
       const template = this.hasProjects
         ? n__(
-            'All projects in %{groupsLength} group with exceptions:',
-            'All projects in %{groupsLength} groups with exceptions:',
+            'All projects in %{groupsLength} group, with exclusions:',
+            'All projects in %{groupsLength} groups, with exclusions:',
             this.groupsLength,
           )
         : n__(
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/security_orchestration/components/policy_drawer/groups_toggle_list_spec.js b/ee/spec/frontend/security_orchestration/components/policy_drawer/groups_toggle_list_spec.js
index 83d821115be47b725a7e4019084519f4a736520d..4937d0d4aa82f856ade89d1322a7f73e6f72e0ff 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/security_orchestration/components/policy_drawer/groups_toggle_list_spec.js
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/security_orchestration/components/policy_drawer/groups_toggle_list_spec.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('GroupsToggleList', () => {
       });
 
       expect(findAllGroupItems()).toHaveLength(2);
-      expect(findGroupListHeader().text()).toBe('All projects in 2 groups with exceptions:');
+      expect(findGroupListHeader().text()).toBe('All projects in 2 groups, with exclusions:');
       expect(findAllProjectItems()).toHaveLength(2);
     });
   });
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 5eba4c5b52e42cbfde3d3ebc27eaf1d9a333d63d..15f83bd8c08a18c58e14881c64f1b765957833ca 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -5533,8 +5533,8 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "All projects"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "All projects in %{groupsLength} group with exceptions:"
-msgid_plural "All projects in %{groupsLength} groups with exceptions:"
+msgid "All projects in %{groupsLength} group, with exclusions:"
+msgid_plural "All projects in %{groupsLength} groups, with exclusions:"
 msgstr[0] ""
 msgstr[1] ""
 
@@ -48681,10 +48681,10 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "SecurityOrchestration|Exception branches"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "SecurityOrchestration|Exception projects"
+msgid "SecurityOrchestration|Exceptions"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "SecurityOrchestration|Exceptions"
+msgid "SecurityOrchestration|Excluded projects"
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "SecurityOrchestration|Failed to fetch the scope information. Please refresh the page to try again."