diff --git a/scanpipe/pipes/docker.py b/scanpipe/pipes/docker.py
index 075500d465..dc1b859f2c 100644
--- a/scanpipe/pipes/docker.py
+++ b/scanpipe/pipes/docker.py
@@ -268,13 +268,13 @@ def scan_image_for_system_packages(project, image):
 
 def flag_whiteout_codebase_resources(project):
     """
-    Tag overlayfs/AUFS whiteout special files CodebaseResource as "ignored-whiteout".
+    Tag overlayfs/AUFS whiteout special files CodebaseResource as "white-out".
     See https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/master/layer.md#whiteouts
     for details.
     """
     whiteout_prefix = ".wh."
     qs = project.codebaseresources.no_status()
-    qs.filter(name__startswith=whiteout_prefix).update(status=flag.IGNORED_WHITEOUT)
+    qs.filter(name__startswith=whiteout_prefix).update(status=flag.WHITE_OUT)
 
 
 layer_fields = [
diff --git a/scanpipe/pipes/flag.py b/scanpipe/pipes/flag.py
index e8a983d40d..a0b620ec82 100644
--- a/scanpipe/pipes/flag.py
+++ b/scanpipe/pipes/flag.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
 RESOURCE_READ_ERROR = "resource-read-error"
 
+WHITE_OUT = "white-out"
+
 IGNORED_WHITEOUT = "ignored-whiteout"
 IGNORED_EMPTY_FILE = "ignored-empty-file"
 IGNORED_WHITESPACE_FILE = "ignored-whitespace-file"
diff --git a/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_docker.py b/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_docker.py
index 92b3d7fa9e..c5af37065e 100644
--- a/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_docker.py
+++ b/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_docker.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def test_pipes_docker_flag_whiteout_codebase_resources(self):
         resource1.refresh_from_db()
         resource2.refresh_from_db()
         self.assertEqual("", resource1.status)
-        self.assertEqual("ignored-whiteout", resource2.status)
+        self.assertEqual("white-out", resource2.status)
 
     def test_pipes_docker_extract_image_from_tarball_with_broken_symlinks(
         self,