diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/doctools.js b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/doctools.js
index b6fba5f1e6b..86420becac7 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/doctools.js
+++ b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/doctools.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ var Documentation = {
     $('div[id] > :header:first').each(function() {
       $('<a class="headerlink">\u00B6</a>').
       attr('href', '#' + this.id).
-      attr('title', _('Permalink to this headline')).
+      attr('title', _('Permalink to this heading')).
       appendTo(this);
     });
     $('dt[id]').each(function() {
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/html.py b/sphinx/writers/html.py
index 55191aa1ac9..b9c4b9e24c8 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/html.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/html.py
@@ -434,12 +434,12 @@ def depart_title(self, node: Element) -> None:
            node.parent.hasattr('ids') and node.parent['ids']):
             # add permalink anchor
             if close_tag.startswith('</h'):
-                self.add_permalink_ref(node.parent, _('Permalink to this headline'))
+                self.add_permalink_ref(node.parent, _('Permalink to this heading'))
             elif close_tag.startswith('</a></h'):
                 self.body.append('</a><a class="headerlink" href="#%s" ' %
                                  node.parent['ids'][0] +
                                  'title="%s">%s' % (
-                                     _('Permalink to this headline'),
+                                     _('Permalink to this heading'),
                                      self.config.html_permalinks_icon))
             elif isinstance(node.parent, nodes.table):
                 self.body.append('</span>')
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/html5.py b/sphinx/writers/html5.py
index f386cc398ee..b08726fca3a 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/html5.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/html5.py
@@ -389,12 +389,12 @@ def depart_title(self, node: Element) -> None:
                 node.parent.hasattr('ids') and node.parent['ids']):
             # add permalink anchor
             if close_tag.startswith('</h'):
-                self.add_permalink_ref(node.parent, _('Permalink to this headline'))
+                self.add_permalink_ref(node.parent, _('Permalink to this heading'))
             elif close_tag.startswith('</a></h'):
                 self.body.append('</a><a class="headerlink" href="#%s" ' %
                                  node.parent['ids'][0] +
                                  'title="%s">%s' % (
-                                     _('Permalink to this headline'),
+                                     _('Permalink to this heading'),
                                      self.config.html_permalinks_icon))
             elif isinstance(node.parent, nodes.table):
                 self.body.append('</span>')
diff --git a/tests/test_build_html.py b/tests/test_build_html.py
index 3a468df4a14..f83b9df9074 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_html.py
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ def test_html_permalink_icon(app):
 
     assert ('<h1>The basic Sphinx documentation for testing<a class="headerlink" '
             'href="#the-basic-sphinx-documentation-for-testing" '
-            'title="Permalink to this headline"><span>[PERMALINK]</span></a></h1>' in content)
+            'title="Permalink to this heading"><span>[PERMALINK]</span></a></h1>' in content)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='html_signaturereturn_icon')