diff --git a/wp-admin/custom-background.php b/wp-admin/custom-background.php
index fd5cd03925..cba56874f6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/custom-background.php
+++ b/wp-admin/custom-background.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class Custom_Background {
 <h2><?php _e('Custom Background'); ?></h2>
 <?php if ( !empty($this->updated) ) { ?>
 <div id="message" class="updated">
-<p><?php printf(__('Background updated. <a href="%s">Visit your site</a> to see how it looks.'), home_url()); ?></p>
+<p><?php printf( __( 'Background updated. <a href="%s">Visit your site</a> to see how it looks.' ), home_url( '/' ) ); ?></p>
 </div>
 <?php }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/custom-header.php b/wp-admin/custom-header.php
index ad22cbae83..eac715dfa9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/custom-header.php
+++ b/wp-admin/custom-header.php
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class Custom_Image_Header {
 <?php
 if ( isset($_GET['updated']) && $_GET['updated'] ) { ?>
 <div id="message" class="updated">
-<p><?php printf(__('Header updated. <a href="%s">Visit your site</a> to see how it looks.'), home_url()); ?></p>
+<p><?php printf( __( 'Header updated. <a href="%s">Visit your site</a> to see how it looks.' ), home_url( '/' ) ); ?></p>
 </div>
 <?php }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/themes.php b/wp-admin/themes.php
index 9a79fd8e17..9451e3a6fe 100644
--- a/wp-admin/themes.php
+++ b/wp-admin/themes.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if ( is_multisite() && current_user_can('edit_themes') ) {
 		if ( isset($wp_registered_sidebars) && count( (array) $wp_registered_sidebars ) ) { ?>
 <div id="message2" class="updated"><p><?php printf( __('New theme activated. This theme supports widgets, please visit the <a href="%s">widgets settings</a> screen to configure them.'), admin_url( 'widgets.php' ) ); ?></p></div><?php
 		} else { ?>
-<div id="message2" class="updated"><p><?php printf( __('New theme activated. <a href="%s">Visit site</a>'), home_url( '/ ' ) ); ?></p></div><?php
+<div id="message2" class="updated"><p><?php printf( __( 'New theme activated. <a href="%s">Visit site</a>' ), home_url( '/' ) ); ?></p></div><?php
 		}
 	elseif ( isset($_GET['deleted']) ) : ?>
 <div id="message3" class="updated"><p><?php _e('Theme deleted.') ?></p></div>
diff --git a/wp-includes/post-template.php b/wp-includes/post-template.php
index a9e3fb81f7..fd67d50b3c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ function wp_page_menu( $args = array() ) {
 		$class = '';
 		if ( is_front_page() && !is_paged() )
 			$class = 'class="current_page_item"';
-		$menu .= '<li ' . $class . '><a href="' . home_url() . '" title="' . esc_attr($text) . '">' . $args['link_before'] . $text . $args['link_after'] . '</a></li>';
+		$menu .= '<li ' . $class . '><a href="' . home_url( '/' ) . '" title="' . esc_attr($text) . '">' . $args['link_before'] . $text . $args['link_after'] . '</a></li>';
 		// If the front page is a page, add it to the exclude list
 		if (get_option('show_on_front') == 'page') {
 			if ( !empty( $list_args['exclude'] ) ) {