diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx
index 84a6ec9d00..2fb57c4deb 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ class StatusActionBar extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     );
 
     const emojiReactionPolicy = account.getIn(['other_settings', 'emoji_reaction_policy']) || 'allow';
-    const following = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'followees_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following'));
+    const following = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'following_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following'));
     const followed = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'followers_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('followed_by'));
     const mutual = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'mutuals_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following') && relationship.get('followed_by'));
     const outside = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'outside_only' || (relationship && (relationship.get('following') || relationship.get('followed_by')));
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
index b1bde14286..e80a83c907 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class ActionBar extends PureComponent {
     }
 
     const emojiReactionPolicy = account.getIn(['other_settings', 'emoji_reaction_policy']) || 'allow';
-    const following = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'followees_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following'));
+    const following = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'following_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following'));
     const followed = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'followers_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('followed_by'));
     const mutual = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'mutuals_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following') && relationship.get('followed_by'));
     const outside = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'outside_only' || (relationship && (relationship.get('following') || relationship.get('followed_by')));
diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index 26584b68e5..6c80cc9f6e 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
     case emoji_reaction_policy
     when :block
       false
-    when :followees_only
+    when :following_only
       account.present? && (id == account.id || following?(account))
     when :followers_only
       account.present? && (id == account.id || followed_by?(account))
diff --git a/app/models/user_settings.rb b/app/models/user_settings.rb
index c37c4776d7..ee7d2df423 100644
--- a/app/models/user_settings.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_settings.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class UserSettings
   setting :reaction_deck, default: nil
   setting :stop_emoji_reaction_streaming, default: false
   setting :emoji_reaction_streaming_notify_impl2, default: false
-  setting :emoji_reaction_policy, default: :allow, in: %w(allow outside_only followers_only followees_only mutuals_only block)
+  setting :emoji_reaction_policy, default: :allow, in: %w(allow outside_only followers_only following_only mutuals_only block)
   setting :unsafe_limited_distribution, default: false
   setting :dtl_force_with_tag, default: :none, in: %w(full searchability none)
   setting :dtl_force_subscribable, default: false
diff --git a/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml b/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml
index 5b99c27479..76e2db68d2 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/settings/preferences/other/show.html.haml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
     .fields-row
       .fields-group.fields-row__column.fields-row__column-12
-        = ff.input :emoji_reaction_policy, kmyblue: true, collection: ['allow', 'outside_only', 'followers_only', 'followees_only', 'mutuals_only', 'block'], label_method: lambda { |item| safe_join([t("simple_form.labels.defaults.setting_emoji_reaction_policy_items.#{item}")]) }, collection_wrapper_tag: 'ul', item_wrapper_tag: 'li', include_blank: false, wrapper: :with_label, label: I18n.t('simple_form.labels.defaults.setting_emoji_reaction_policy'), hint: false, warning_hint: I18n.t('simple_form.hints.defaults.setting_emoji_reaction_policy')
+        = ff.input :emoji_reaction_policy, kmyblue: true, collection: ['allow', 'outside_only', 'followers_only', 'following_only', 'mutuals_only', 'block'], label_method: lambda { |item| safe_join([t("simple_form.labels.defaults.setting_emoji_reaction_policy_items.#{item}")]) }, collection_wrapper_tag: 'ul', item_wrapper_tag: 'li', include_blank: false, wrapper: :with_label, label: I18n.t('simple_form.labels.defaults.setting_emoji_reaction_policy'), hint: false, warning_hint: I18n.t('simple_form.hints.defaults.setting_emoji_reaction_policy')
 
     - if @dtl_enabled
 
diff --git a/app/workers/delivery_emoji_reaction_worker.rb b/app/workers/delivery_emoji_reaction_worker.rb
index 64c02173b5..cb80c878e3 100644
--- a/app/workers/delivery_emoji_reaction_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/delivery_emoji_reaction_worker.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class DeliveryEmojiReactionWorker
       Account.where(id: 0)
     when :mutuals_only
       account.mutuals.local.or(Account.where(id: account))
-    when :followees_only
+    when :following_only
       account.following.local.or(Account.where(id: account))
     when :followers_only
       account.followers.local.or(Account.where(id: account))
diff --git a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
index f14dad25fb..b2c60743db 100644
--- a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ en:
         setting_emoji_reaction_policy_items:
           allow: Allow all
           block: Block
-          followees_only: Followings only
           followers_only: Followers only
+          following_only: Followings only
           mutuals_only: Mutuals only
           outside_only: Followings or followers only
         setting_expand_spoilers: Always expand posts marked with content warnings
diff --git a/config/locales/simple_form.ja.yml b/config/locales/simple_form.ja.yml
index cd9ddeb89c..571439d4d9 100644
--- a/config/locales/simple_form.ja.yml
+++ b/config/locales/simple_form.ja.yml
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ ja:
         setting_emoji_reaction_policy_items:
           allow: 全員に許可
           block: 全員禁止
-          followees_only: フォロー中の相手のみ許可
           followers_only: フォロワーのみ許可
+          following_only: フォロー中の相手のみ許可
           mutuals_only: 相互のみ許可
           outside_only: フォロー中、またはフォロワーのみに許可
         setting_emoji_reaction_streaming_notify_impl2: Nyastodon, Catstodon, glitch-soc互換のスタンプ機能を有効にする