diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index 3a1f2c6c67..832fba4c4c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ if ($posts) {
 foreach ($posts as $post) { start_wp();
 ?>
 			<p>
-				<strong><?php the_time('Y/m/d @ H:i:s'); ?></strong> [ <a href="edit.php?p=<?php echo $id ?>&c=1"><?php comments_number('no comments', '1 comment', "% comments", true) ?></a>
+				<strong><?php the_time('Y/m/d @ H:i:s'); ?></strong> [ <a href="edit.php?p=<?php echo $id ?>&c=1"><?php comments_number('no comments', '1 comment', "% comments") ?></a>
 				<?php
 				if (($user_level > $authordata->user_level) or ($user_login == $authordata->user_login)) {
 				echo " - <a href='post.php?action=edit&amp;post=$id";
diff --git a/wp-includes/template-functions.php b/wp-includes/template-functions.php
index cb196a68a7..640c561b22 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template-functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template-functions.php
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ function list_cats($optionall = 1, $all = 'All', $sort_column = 'ID', $sort_orde
 
 // generic comments/trackbacks/pingbacks numbering
 
-function comments_number($zero='No Comments', $one='1 Comment', $more='% Comments', $number) {
+function comments_number($zero='No Comments', $one='1 Comment', $more='% Comments', $number='') {
 	global $id, $comment, $tablecomments, $wpdb;
 	if ('' == $number) $number = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $tablecomments WHERE comment_post_ID = $id AND comment_approved = '1'");
 	if ($number == 0) {