diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 31256b8f1f..a05a5673ae 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ function convert_chars($content, $deprecated = '') {
 	'‹' => '‹',
 	'Œ' => 'Œ',
 	'' => '',
-	'Ž' => 'ž',
+	'Ž' => 'Ž',
 	'' => '',
 	'' => '',
 	'‘' => '‘',
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ function convert_chars($content, $deprecated = '') {
 	'›' => '›',
 	'œ' => 'œ',
 	'' => '',
-	'ž' => '',
+	'ž' => 'ž',
 	'Ÿ' => 'Ÿ'
 	);