diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
index a614650852..804c1a0097 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ function wp_nav_menu_setup() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Limit the amount of meta boxes to just links, pages and cats for first time users.
+ * Limit the amount of meta boxes to pages, posts, links, and categories for first time users.
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  *
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ function wp_initial_nav_menu_meta_boxes() {
 	if ( get_user_option( 'metaboxhidden_nav-menus' ) !== false || ! is_array($wp_meta_boxes) )
 		return;
 
-	$initial_meta_boxes = array( 'nav-menu-theme-locations', 'add-page', 'add-custom-links', 'add-category' );
+	$initial_meta_boxes = array( 'add-page', 'add-post', 'add-custom-links', 'add-category' );
 	$hidden_meta_boxes = array();
 
 	foreach ( array_keys($wp_meta_boxes['nav-menus']) as $context ) {