diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
index 98f5c3c25b..2fe6ee7418 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ class WP_Query {
 			$qv['menu_order'] = absint( $qv['menu_order'] );
 		}
 
-		// Fairly insane upper bound for search string lengths.
+		// Fairly large, potentially too large, upper bound for search string lengths.
 		if ( ! is_scalar( $qv['s'] ) || ( ! empty( $qv['s'] ) && strlen( $qv['s'] ) > 1600 ) ) {
 			$qv['s'] = '';
 		}
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
index 5c44f37e8a..b594c1de77 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -1748,7 +1748,7 @@ function is_blog_installed() {
 	 */
 	$wp_tables = $wpdb->tables();
 	foreach ( $wp_tables as $table ) {
-		// The existence of custom user tables shouldn't suggest an insane state or prevent a clean installation.
+		// The existence of custom user tables shouldn't suggest an unwise state or prevent a clean installation.
 		if ( defined( 'CUSTOM_USER_TABLE' ) && CUSTOM_USER_TABLE == $table ) {
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ function is_blog_installed() {
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		// One or more tables exist. We are insane.
+		// One or more tables exist. This is not good.
 
 		wp_load_translations_early();