diff --git a/src/wp-includes/l10n.php b/src/wp-includes/l10n.php
index c5e460a12b..a81470ff7d 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/l10n.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/l10n.php
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ function esc_attr__( $text, $domain = 'default' ) {
 /**
  * Retrieve the translation of $text and escapes it for safe use in HTML output.
  *
- * If there is no translation, or the text domain isn't loaded, the original text is returned.
+ * If there is no translation, or the text domain isn't loaded, the original text
+ * is escaped and returned..
  *
  * @since 2.8.0
  *