diff --git a/wp-admin/categories.php b/wp-admin/categories.php
index 2deb866fba..5cca8f2aca 100644
--- a/wp-admin/categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/categories.php
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ if( ! isset( $catsperpage ) || $catsperpage < 0 )
 $page_links = paginate_links( array(
 	'base' => add_query_arg( 'pagenum', '%#%' ),
 	'format' => '',
-	'prev_text' => __('&larr;'),
-	'next_text' => __('&rarr;'),
+	'prev_text' => __('&laquo;'),
+	'next_text' => __('&raquo;'),
 	'total' => ceil(wp_count_terms('category') / $catsperpage),
 	'current' => $pagenum
 ));
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index 3c569562f0..f004e8b328 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ $extra_comments = array_slice($_comments, $comments_per_page);
 $page_links = paginate_links( array(
 	'base' => add_query_arg( 'apage', '%#%' ),
 	'format' => '',
-	'prev_text' => __('&larr;'),
-	'next_text' => __('&rarr;'),
+	'prev_text' => __('&laquo;'),
+	'next_text' => __('&raquo;'),
 	'total' => ceil($total / $comments_per_page),
 	'current' => $page
 ));
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php b/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
index 6483504c00..ad29a480bb 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ if( ! isset( $catsperpage ) || $catsperpage < 0 )
 $page_links = paginate_links( array(
 	'base' => add_query_arg( 'pagenum', '%#%' ),
 	'format' => '',
-	'prev_text' => __('&larr;'),
-	'next_text' => __('&rarr;'),
+	'prev_text' => __('&laquo;'),
+	'next_text' => __('&raquo;'),
 	'total' => ceil(wp_count_terms('link_category') / $catsperpage),
 	'current' => $pagenum
 ));
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
index e11a9b152a..cf3e7fd153 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ $num_pages = ceil($wp_query->post_count / $per_page);
 $page_links = paginate_links( array(
 	'base' => add_query_arg( 'pagenum', '%#%' ),
 	'format' => '',
-	'prev_text' => __('&larr;'),
-	'next_text' => __('&rarr;'),
+	'prev_text' => __('&laquo;'),
+	'next_text' => __('&raquo;'),
 	'total' => $num_pages,
 	'current' => $pagenum
 ));
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
index 30314b44df..16f8870504 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ $tagsperpage = apply_filters("tagsperpage",20);
 $page_links = paginate_links( array(
 	'base' => add_query_arg( 'pagenum', '%#%' ),
 	'format' => '',
-	'prev_text' => __('&larr;'),
-	'next_text' => __('&rarr;'),
+	'prev_text' => __('&laquo;'),
+	'next_text' => __('&raquo;'),
 	'total' => ceil(wp_count_terms('post_tag') / $tagsperpage),
 	'current' => $pagenum
 ));
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index a7f444cb4c..8e1cad3c48 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ endif;
 $page_links = paginate_links( array(
 	'base' => add_query_arg( 'paged', '%#%' ),
 	'format' => '',
-	'prev_text' => __('&larr;'),
-	'next_text' => __('&rarr;'),
+	'prev_text' => __('&laquo;'),
+	'next_text' => __('&raquo;'),
 	'total' => $wp_query->max_num_pages,
 	'current' => $_GET['paged']
 ));
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/media.php b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
index 9e93ac2b9c..789b290e0d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
@@ -1678,8 +1678,8 @@ unset($type_links);
 $page_links = paginate_links( array(
 	'base' => add_query_arg( 'paged', '%#%' ),
 	'format' => '',
-	'prev_text' => __('&larr;'),
-	'next_text' => __('&rarr;'),
+	'prev_text' => __('&laquo;'),
+	'next_text' => __('&raquo;'),
 	'total' => ceil($wp_query->found_posts / 10),
 	'current' => $_GET['paged']
 ));
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php b/wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php
index ed94c7e9b4..d2df57cce9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ function display_plugins_table($plugins, $page = 1, $totalpages = 1){
 			$page_links = paginate_links( array(
 				'base' => add_query_arg('paged', '%#%', $url),
 				'format' => '',
-				'prev_text' => __('&larr;'),
-				'next_text' => __('&rarr;'),
+				'prev_text' => __('&laquo;'),
+				'next_text' => __('&raquo;'),
 				'total' => $totalpages,
 				'current' => $page
 			));
diff --git a/wp-admin/themes.php b/wp-admin/themes.php
index 3adba24420..61ff60c275 100644
--- a/wp-admin/themes.php
+++ b/wp-admin/themes.php
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ $start = $offset = ( $page - 1 ) * $per_page;
 $page_links = paginate_links( array(
 	'base' => add_query_arg( 'pagenum', '%#%' ) . '#themenav',
 	'format' => '',
-	'prev_text' => __('&larr;'),
-	'next_text' => __('&rarr;'),
+	'prev_text' => __('&laquo;'),
+	'next_text' => __('&raquo;'),
 	'total' => ceil($theme_total / $per_page),
 	'current' => $page
 ));
diff --git a/wp-admin/upload.php b/wp-admin/upload.php
index 21db415238..20459e6de8 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upload.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upload.php
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ if ( ! isset($page_links_total) )
 $page_links = paginate_links( array(
 	'base' => add_query_arg( 'paged', '%#%' ),
 	'format' => '',
-	'prev_text' => __('&larr;'),
-	'next_text' => __('&rarr;'),
+	'prev_text' => __('&laquo;'),
+	'next_text' => __('&raquo;'),
 	'total' => $page_links_total,
 	'current' => $_GET['paged']
 ));