diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
index 0d2d16eb8a..a2120a9e64 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
@@ -636,19 +636,15 @@ class WP_Comments_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 		global $comment_status;
 
 		$author_url = get_comment_author_url( $comment->comment_ID );
-		if ( 'http://' == $author_url ) {
-			$author_url = '';
-		}
 
-		$author_url_display = preg_replace( '|http://(www\.)?|i', '', $author_url );
+		$author_url_display = untrailingslashit( preg_replace( '|^http(s)?://(www\.)?|i', '', $author_url ) );
 		if ( strlen( $author_url_display ) > 50 ) {
 			$author_url_display = wp_html_excerpt( $author_url_display, 49, '…' );
 		}
 
-
 		echo "<strong>"; comment_author( $comment->comment_ID ); echo '</strong><br />';
-		if ( !empty( $author_url ) ) {
-			echo "<a title='$author_url' href='$author_url'>$author_url_display</a><br />";
+		if ( ! empty( $author_url_display ) ) {
+			printf( '<a href="%s">%s</a><br />', esc_url( $author_url ), esc_html( $author_url_display ) );
 		}
 
 		if ( $this->user_can ) {