diff --git a/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php b/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
index 525c83d1f4..02b4379526 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ printf( __('Comments should be displayed with the %s comments at the top of each
 <tr>
 <th scope="row"><?php _e('Comment Blacklist'); ?></th>
 <td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Comment Blacklist'); ?></span></legend>
-<p><label for="blacklist_keys"><?php _e('When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, email, or IP, it will be marked as spam. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.'); ?></label></p>
+<p><label for="blacklist_keys"><?php _e('When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, email, or IP, it will be put in the trash. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.'); ?></label></p>
 <p>
 <textarea name="blacklist_keys" rows="10" cols="50" id="blacklist_keys" class="large-text code"><?php echo esc_textarea( get_option( 'blacklist_keys' ) ); ?></textarea>
 </p>
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php b/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
index 453b5a8107..fd6803a745 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ function wp_allow_comment( $commentdata ) {
 			$commentdata['comment_author_IP'],
 			$commentdata['comment_agent']
 		) ) {
-			$approved = 'spam';
+			$approved = EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS ? 'trash' : 'spam';
 		}
 	}