diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a193f3749..e5963cfcc 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Features added
   :confval:`locale_dirs`
 * #6525: linkcheck: Add :confval:`linkcheck_warn_redirects` to emit a warning
   when the hyperlink is redirected
-* #6525: linkcheck: Add :confval:`linkcheck_ignore_redirects` to ignore
-  hyperlinks that are redirected to expected URLs
+* #6525: linkcheck: Add :confval:`linkcheck_allowed_redirects` to mark
+  hyperlinks that are redirected to expected URLs as "working"
 * #9097: Optimize the paralell build
 * #9131: Add :confval:`nitpick_ignore_regex` to ignore nitpicky warnings using
   regular expressions
diff --git a/doc/usage/configuration.rst b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
index 463199170..9f110f656 100644
--- a/doc/usage/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
@@ -2522,17 +2522,17 @@ Options for the linkcheck builder
 
    .. versionadded:: 1.1
 
-.. confval:: linkcheck_ignore_redirects
+.. confval:: linkcheck_allowed_redirects
 
    A dictionary that maps a pattern of the source URI to a pattern of the canonical
-   URI.  If set, linkcheck builder treated as "ignored" if a hyperlink in the source
+   URI.  If set, linkcheck builder treated as "working" if a hyperlink in the source
    document that matches to the pattern of the source URI, and it redirects to the
    URL that matches to the pattern of the canonical URI.  Example:
 
    .. code-block:: python
 
-      linkcheck_ignore_redirects = {
-          # All HTTP redirections from the source URI to the canonical URI will be ignored.
+      linkcheck_working_redirects = {
+          # All HTTP redirections from the source URI to the canonical URI will be treated as "working".
           'http://sphinx-doc.org/.*': 'https://sphinx-doc.org/en/master/.*'
       }
 
diff --git a/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py b/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py
index e96b45d25..2da438cbf 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ class HyperlinkAvailabilityCheckWorker(Thread):
                 if anchor:
                     new_url += '#' + anchor
 
-                if ignored_redirect(req_url, new_url):
+                if allowed_redirect(req_url, new_url):
                     return 'working', '', 0
                 elif response.history:
                     # history contains any redirects, get last
@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ class HyperlinkAvailabilityCheckWorker(Thread):
                 else:
                     return 'redirected', new_url, 0
 
-        def ignored_redirect(url: str, new_url: str) -> bool:
-            for from_url, to_url in self.config.linkcheck_ignore_redirects.items():
+        def allowed_redirect(url: str, new_url: str) -> bool:
+            for from_url, to_url in self.config.linkcheck_allowed_redirects.items():
                 if from_url.match(url) and to_url.match(new_url):
                     return True
 
@@ -656,17 +656,17 @@ class HyperlinkCollector(SphinxPostTransform):
                     hyperlinks[uri] = uri_info
 
 
-def compile_linkcheck_ignore_redirects(app: Sphinx, config: Config) -> None:
-    """Compile patterns in linkcheck_ignore_redirects to the regexp objects."""
-    for url, pattern in list(app.config.linkcheck_ignore_redirects.items()):
+def compile_linkcheck_allowed_redirects(app: Sphinx, config: Config) -> None:
+    """Compile patterns in linkcheck_allowed_redirects to the regexp objects."""
+    for url, pattern in list(app.config.linkcheck_allowed_redirects.items()):
         try:
-            app.config.linkcheck_ignore_redirects[re.compile(url)] = re.compile(pattern)
+            app.config.linkcheck_allowed_redirects[re.compile(url)] = re.compile(pattern)
         except re.error as exc:
-            logger.warning(__('Failed to compile regex in linkcheck_ignore_redirects: %r %s'),
+            logger.warning(__('Failed to compile regex in linkcheck_allowed_redirects: %r %s'),
                            exc.pattern, exc.msg)
         finally:
             # Remove the original regexp-string
-            app.config.linkcheck_ignore_redirects.pop(url)
+            app.config.linkcheck_allowed_redirects.pop(url)
 
 
 def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     app.add_post_transform(HyperlinkCollector)
 
     app.add_config_value('linkcheck_ignore', [], None)
-    app.add_config_value('linkcheck_ignore_redirects', {}, None)
+    app.add_config_value('linkcheck_allowed_redirects', {}, None)
     app.add_config_value('linkcheck_auth', [], None)
     app.add_config_value('linkcheck_request_headers', {}, None)
     app.add_config_value('linkcheck_retries', 1, None)
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     app.add_config_value('linkcheck_rate_limit_timeout', 300.0, None)
     app.add_config_value('linkcheck_warn_redirects', False, None)
 
-    app.connect('config-inited', compile_linkcheck_ignore_redirects, priority=800)
+    app.connect('config-inited', compile_linkcheck_allowed_redirects, priority=800)
 
     return {
         'version': 'builtin',
diff --git a/tests/test_build_linkcheck.py b/tests/test_build_linkcheck.py
index 604856308..7d03d1df4 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_linkcheck.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_linkcheck.py
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ def test_linkcheck_warn_redirects(app, warning):
 
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('linkcheck', testroot='linkcheck-localserver', freshenv=True,
                     confoverrides={
-                        'linkcheck_ignore_redirects': {'http://localhost:.*/': '.*'}
+                        'linkcheck_allowed_redirects': {'http://localhost:.*/': '.*'}
                     })
-def test_linkcheck_ignore_redirects(app):
+def test_linkcheck_allowed_redirects(app):
     with http_server(make_redirect_handler(support_head=False)):
         app.build()