diff --git a/src/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php b/src/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php
index 1643d8f7ff..2b2d96b97e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ while( have_posts()) : the_post();
 <p><a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_post_comments_feed_link($post->ID) ); ?>"><?php _e('<abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr> feed for comments on this post.'); ?></a></p>
 
 <?php if ( pings_open() ) { ?>
-<p><?php printf(__('The <abbr title="Universal Resource Locator">URL</abbr> to TrackBack this entry is: <em>%s</em>'), get_trackback_url()); ?></p>
+<p><?php printf( __( 'The <abbr title="Universal Resource Locator">URL</abbr> to TrackBack this entry is: %s' ), '<em>' . get_trackback_url() . '</em>' ); ?></p>
 <?php } ?>
 
 <?php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if ( post_password_required($post) ) {  // and it doesn't match the cookie
 
 <?php if ( comments_open() ) { ?>
 <h2><?php _e('Leave a comment'); ?></h2>
-<p><?php printf(__('Line and paragraph breaks automatic, email address never displayed, <acronym title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</acronym> allowed: <code>%s</code>'), allowed_tags()); ?></p>
+<p><?php printf( __( 'Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, <acronym title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</acronym> allowed: %s' ), '<code>' . allowed_tags() . '</code>' ); ?></p>
 
 <form action="<?php echo site_url(); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform">
 <?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>