diff --git a/wp-includes/default-widgets.php b/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
index ee936cf3c6..ba82d9893d 100644
--- a/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
+++ b/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
@@ -296,7 +296,10 @@ class WP_Widget_Meta extends WP_Widget {
 			<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
 			<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('Syndicate this site using RSS 2.0')); ?>"><?php _e('Entries <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
 			<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('The latest comments to all posts in RSS')); ?>"><?php _e('Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
-			<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.')); ?>">WordPress.org</a></li>
+			<li><a href="<?php esc_attr_e( 'http://wordpress.org/' ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.')); ?>"><?php
+			/* translators: meta widget link text */
+			_x( 'WordPress.org' );
+			?></a></li>
 			<?php wp_meta(); ?>
 			</ul>
 <?php