diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
index 336b702d3e..d8b92952d6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ function get_nested_categories( $default = 0, $parent = 0 ) {
 
 function write_nested_categories( $categories ) {
 	foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
-		echo '<li id="category-', $category['cat_ID'], '"><label for="in-category-', $category['cat_ID'], '" class="selectit"><input value="', $category['cat_ID'], '" type="checkbox" name="post_category[]" id="in-category-', $category['cat_ID'], '"', ($category['checked'] ? ' checked="checked"' : "" ), '/> ', wp_specialchars( $category['cat_name'] ), "</label></li>";
+		echo '<li id="category-', $category['cat_ID'], '"><label for="in-category-', $category['cat_ID'], '" class="selectit"><input value="', $category['cat_ID'], '" type="checkbox" name="post_category[]" id="in-category-', $category['cat_ID'], '"', ($category['checked'] ? ' checked="checked"' : "" ), '/> ', wp_specialchars( apply_filters('the_category', $category['cat_name'] )), "</label></li>";
 
 		if ( $category['children'] ) {
 			echo "<ul>\n";
diff --git a/wp-admin/categories.php b/wp-admin/categories.php
index f7a04f9aa9..08e80c3d82 100644
--- a/wp-admin/categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/categories.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ cat_rows();
 
 <?php if ( current_user_can('manage_categories') ) : ?>
 <div class="wrap">
-<p><?php printf(__('<strong>Note:</strong><br />Deleting a category does not delete the posts and links in that category.  Instead, posts in the deleted category are set to the category <strong>%s</strong> and links are set to <strong>%s</strong>.'), get_catname(get_option('default_category')), get_catname(get_option('default_link_category'))) ?></p>
+<p><?php printf(__('<strong>Note:</strong><br />Deleting a category does not delete the posts and links in that category.  Instead, posts in the deleted category are set to the category <strong>%s</strong> and links are set to <strong>%s</strong>.'), apply_filters('the_category', get_catname(get_option('default_category'))), apply_filters('the_category', get_catname(get_option('default_link_category')))) ?></p>
 </div>
 
 <?php include('edit-category-form.php'); ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/index.php b/wp-admin/index.php
index 0988ed7354..2a24a82ffd 100644
--- a/wp-admin/index.php
+++ b/wp-admin/index.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if ( $comments || $numcomments ) :
 <?php
 if ( $comments ) {
 foreach ($comments as $comment) {
-	echo '<li>' . sprintf(__('%1$s on %2$s'), get_comment_author_link(), '<a href="'. get_permalink($comment->comment_post_ID) . '#comment-' . $comment->comment_ID . '">' . get_the_title($comment->comment_post_ID) . '</a>');
+	echo '<li>' . sprintf(__('%1$s on %2$s'), get_comment_author_link(), '<a href="'. get_permalink($comment->comment_post_ID) . '#comment-' . $comment->comment_ID . '">' . apply_filters('the_title', get_the_title($comment->comment_post_ID)) . '</a>');
 	edit_comment_link(__("Edit"), ' <small>(', ')</small>');
 	echo '</li>';
 }