diff --git a/allowed-breaking-changes.txt b/allowed-breaking-changes.txt
index 1adbf52a6d17d..905adead48088 100644
--- a/allowed-breaking-changes.txt
+++ b/allowed-breaking-changes.txt
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ removed:@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2.ApplicationTargetGroup.metricIPv6Req
 removed:@aws-cdk/core.Fn.getAZs
 removed:@aws-cdk/aws-iam.UserProps.managedPolicyArns
 removed:@aws-cdk/aws-iam.GroupProps.managedPolicyArns
+removed:@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline.PipelineProps.crossRegionReplicationBuckets
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/cloudformation/pipeline-actions.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/cloudformation/pipeline-actions.ts
index 721a91f465963..c3ec78648de85 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/cloudformation/pipeline-actions.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/cloudformation/pipeline-actions.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ interface CloudFormationActionProps extends codepipeline.CommonAwsActionProps {
   /**
    * The AWS region the given Action resides in.
    * Note that a cross-region Pipeline requires replication buckets to function correctly.
-   * You can provide their names with the {@link PipelineProps#crossRegionReplicationBuckets} property.
+   * You can provide their names with the {@link PipelineProps#artifactBuckets} property.
    * If you don't, the CodePipeline Construct will create new Stacks in your CDK app containing those buckets,
    * that you will need to `cdk deploy` before deploying the main, Pipeline-containing Stack.
    *
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/test.pipeline.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/test.pipeline.ts
index b7efe480d0de3..7794732b375b2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/test.pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/test.pipeline.ts
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ export = {
         },
       });
       const pipeline = new codepipeline.Pipeline(stack, 'MyPipeline', {
-        crossRegionReplicationBuckets: {
+        artifactBuckets: {
           'us-west-1': s3.Bucket.fromBucketName(stack, 'ImportedBucket', 'sfo-replication-bucket'),
         },
       });
@@ -678,17 +678,17 @@ export = {
       test.done();
     },
 
-    'allows specifying only one of artifactBucket and crossRegionReplicationBuckets'(test: Test) {
+    'allows specifying only one of artifactBucket and artifactBuckets'(test: Test) {
       const stack = new Stack();
 
       test.throws(() => {
         new codepipeline.Pipeline(stack, 'Pipeline', {
           artifactBucket: new s3.Bucket(stack, 'Bucket'),
-          crossRegionReplicationBuckets: {
+          artifactBuckets: {
             // even an empty map should trigger this validation...
           },
         });
-      }, /Only one of artifactBucket and crossRegionReplicationBuckets can be specified!/);
+      }, /Only one of artifactBucket and artifactBuckets can be specified!/);
       test.done();
     },
 
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ export = {
       });
       const sourceOutput = new codepipeline.Artifact();
       new codepipeline.Pipeline(stack, 'Pipeline', {
-        crossRegionReplicationBuckets: {
+        artifactBuckets: {
           [pipelineRegion]: new s3.Bucket(stack, 'Bucket', {
             bucketName: 'my-pipeline-bucket',
           })
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/README.md
index 3cabab4b31265..d32b0677555af 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ It works like this:
 ```ts
 const pipeline = new codepipeline.Pipeline(this, 'MyFirstPipeline', {
   // ...
-  crossRegionReplicationBuckets: {
+  artifactBuckets: {
     // note that a physical name of the replication Bucket must be known at synthesis time
     'us-west-1': s3.Bucket.fromBucketName(this, 'UsWest1ReplicationBucket',
       'my-us-west-1-replication-bucket'),
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/action.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/action.ts
index 8ab5c79d88042..06c8c8d53e1f9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/action.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/action.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export interface ActionProperties {
   /**
    * The AWS region the given Action resides in.
    * Note that a cross-region Pipeline requires replication buckets to function correctly.
-   * You can provide their names with the {@link PipelineProps#crossRegionReplicationBuckets} property.
+   * You can provide their names with the {@link PipelineProps#artifactBuckets} property.
    * If you don't, the CodePipeline Construct will create new Stacks in your CDK app containing those buckets,
    * that you will need to `cdk deploy` before deploying the main, Pipeline-containing Stack.
    *
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/pipeline.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/pipeline.ts
index cbc3e524f27de..832919ce19f0f 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/pipeline.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export interface PipelineProps {
    *
    * @default - None.
    */
-  readonly crossRegionReplicationBuckets?: { [region: string]: s3.IBucket };
+  readonly artifactBuckets?: { [region: string]: s3.IBucket };
 
   /**
    * The list of Stages, in order,
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ export class Pipeline extends PipelineBase {
 
     validateName('Pipeline', this.physicalName);
 
-    // only one of artifactBucket and crossRegionReplicationBuckets can be supplied
-    if (props.artifactBucket && props.crossRegionReplicationBuckets) {
-      throw new Error('Only one of artifactBucket and crossRegionReplicationBuckets can be specified!');
+    // only one of artifactBucket and artifactBuckets can be supplied
+    if (props.artifactBucket && props.artifactBuckets) {
+      throw new Error('Only one of artifactBucket and artifactBuckets can be specified!');
     }
 
     // If a bucket has been provided, use it - otherwise, create a bucket.
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ export class Pipeline extends PipelineBase {
     this.artifactBucket.grantReadWrite(this.role);
     this.pipelineName = this.getResourceNameAttribute(codePipeline.ref);
     this.pipelineVersion = codePipeline.attrVersion;
-    this.crossRegionReplicationBuckets = props.crossRegionReplicationBuckets || {};
-    this.crossRegionBucketsPassed = !!props.crossRegionReplicationBuckets;
+    this.crossRegionReplicationBuckets = props.artifactBuckets || {};
+    this.crossRegionBucketsPassed = !!props.artifactBuckets;
     this.artifactStores = {};
 
     // Does not expose a Fn::GetAtt for the ARN so we'll have to make it ourselves
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ export class Pipeline extends PipelineBase {
   /**
    * Returns all of the {@link CrossRegionSupportStack}s that were generated automatically
    * when dealing with Actions that reside in a different region than the Pipeline itself.
+   *
+   * @experimental
    */
   public get crossRegionSupport(): { [region: string]: CrossRegionSupport } {
     const ret: { [region: string]: CrossRegionSupport }  = {};
@@ -451,9 +453,9 @@ export class Pipeline extends PipelineBase {
     if (props.artifactBucket) {
       return props.artifactBucket;
     }
-    if (props.crossRegionReplicationBuckets) {
+    if (props.artifactBuckets) {
       const pipelineRegion = this.requireRegion();
-      return props.crossRegionReplicationBuckets[pipelineRegion];
+      return props.artifactBuckets[pipelineRegion];
     }
     return undefined;
   }
@@ -617,6 +619,8 @@ export class Pipeline extends PipelineBase {
  * An interface representing resources generated in order to support
  * the cross-region capabilities of CodePipeline.
  * You get instances of this interface from the {@link Pipeline#crossRegionSupport} property.
+ *
+ * @experimental
  */
 export interface CrossRegionSupport {
   /**