diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
index ecdb9fa485..1627b1f577 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
@@ -435,15 +435,16 @@ function post_tags_meta_box( $post, $box ) {
 <div class="tagsdiv" id="<?php echo $tax_name; ?>">
 	<div class="jaxtag">
 	<div class="nojs-tags hide-if-js">
-	<p><?php echo $taxonomy->labels->add_or_remove_items; ?></p>
-	<textarea name="<?php echo "tax_input[$tax_name]"; ?>" rows="3" cols="20" class="the-tags" id="tax-input-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>" <?php disabled( ! $user_can_assign_terms ); ?>><?php echo str_replace( ',', $comma . ' ', $terms_to_edit ); // textarea_escaped by esc_attr() ?></textarea></div>
+		<label for="tax-input-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>"><?php echo $taxonomy->labels->add_or_remove_items; ?></label>
+		<p><textarea name="<?php echo "tax_input[$tax_name]"; ?>" rows="3" cols="20" class="the-tags" id="tax-input-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>" <?php disabled( ! $user_can_assign_terms ); ?> aria-describedby="new-tag-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>-desc"><?php echo str_replace( ',', $comma . ' ', $terms_to_edit ); // textarea_escaped by esc_attr() ?></textarea></p>
+	</div>
  	<?php if ( $user_can_assign_terms ) : ?>
 	<div class="ajaxtag hide-if-no-js">
-		<label class="screen-reader-text" for="new-tag-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>"><?php echo $box['title']; ?></label>
-		<p><input type="text" id="new-tag-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>" name="newtag[<?php echo $tax_name; ?>]" class="newtag form-input-tip" size="16" autocomplete="off" value="" />
+		<label class="screen-reader-text" for="new-tag-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>"><?php echo $taxonomy->labels->add_new_item; ?></label>
+		<p><input type="text" id="new-tag-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>" name="newtag[<?php echo $tax_name; ?>]" class="newtag form-input-tip" size="16" autocomplete="off" aria-describedby="new-tag-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>-desc" value="" />
 		<input type="button" class="button tagadd" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Add'); ?>" /></p>
 	</div>
-	<p class="howto"><?php echo $taxonomy->labels->separate_items_with_commas; ?></p>
+	<p class="howto" id="new-tag-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>-desc"><?php echo $taxonomy->labels->separate_items_with_commas; ?></p>
 	<?php endif; ?>
 	</div>
 	<div class="tagchecklist"></div>