diff --git a/src/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php b/src/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php
index 487fa5ef8a..931433acdd 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ function add_blog_option( $id, $option, $value ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Removes option by name for a given blog ID. Prevents removal of protected WordPress options.
+ * Removes an option by name for a given blog ID. Prevents removal of protected WordPress options.
  *
  * @since MU (3.0.0)
  *
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/option.php b/src/wp-includes/option.php
index e94cf0bbea..1ea26a48bd 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/option.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/option.php
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ function add_option( $option, $value = '', $deprecated = '', $autoload = 'yes' )
 }
 
 /**
- * Removes option by name. Prevents removal of protected WordPress options.
+ * Removes an option by name. Prevents removal of protected WordPress options.
  *
  * @since 1.2.0
  *