diff --git a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index 40cc49d56e..e07e783528 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -2158,7 +2158,7 @@ function wp_get_object_terms( $object_ids, $taxonomies, $args = array() ) {
  *
  * @since 2.3.0
  *
- * @param string       $term     The term name to add or update.
+ * @param string       $term     The term name to add.
  * @param string       $taxonomy The taxonomy to which to add the term.
  * @param array|string $args {
  *     Optional. Array or string of arguments for inserting a term.
@@ -2184,19 +2184,23 @@ function wp_insert_term( $term, $taxonomy, $args = array() ) {
 	 *
 	 * @since 3.0.0
 	 *
-	 * @param string|WP_Error $term     The term name to add or update, or a WP_Error object if there's an error.
+	 * @param string|WP_Error $term     The term name to add, or a WP_Error object if there's an error.
 	 * @param string          $taxonomy Taxonomy slug.
 	 */
 	$term = apply_filters( 'pre_insert_term', $term, $taxonomy );
+
 	if ( is_wp_error( $term ) ) {
 		return $term;
 	}
+
 	if ( is_int( $term ) && 0 === $term ) {
 		return new WP_Error( 'invalid_term_id', __( 'Invalid term ID.' ) );
 	}
+
 	if ( '' === trim( $term ) ) {
 		return new WP_Error( 'empty_term_name', __( 'A name is required for this term.' ) );
 	}
+
 	$defaults = array(
 		'alias_of'    => '',
 		'description' => '',