diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
index 70f731e5ba..4c3740f152 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
@@ -5132,7 +5132,6 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 						break;
 					default:
 						return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Invalid post type' ) );
-						break;
 				}
 				$post_author = $content_struct['wp_author_id'];
 			}
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 70deb84d57..649933bf53 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -814,10 +814,14 @@ function seems_utf8( $str ) {
  *
  * @staticvar string $_charset
  *
- * @param string $string         The text which is to be encoded.
- * @param int    $quote_style    Optional. Converts double quotes if set to ENT_COMPAT, both single and double if set to ENT_QUOTES or none if set to ENT_NOQUOTES. Also compatible with old values; converting single quotes if set to 'single', double if set to 'double' or both if otherwise set. Default is ENT_NOQUOTES.
- * @param string $charset        Optional. The character encoding of the string. Default is false.
- * @param bool   $double_encode  Optional. Whether to encode existing html entities. Default is false.
+ * @param string     $string         The text which is to be encoded.
+ * @param int|string $quote_style    Optional. Converts double quotes if set to ENT_COMPAT,
+ *                                   both single and double if set to ENT_QUOTES or none if set to ENT_NOQUOTES.
+ *                                   Also compatible with old values; converting single quotes if set to 'single',
+ *                                   double if set to 'double' or both if otherwise set.
+ *                                   Default is ENT_NOQUOTES.
+ * @param string     $charset        Optional. The character encoding of the string. Default is false.
+ * @param bool       $double_encode  Optional. Whether to encode existing html entities. Default is false.
  * @return string The encoded text with HTML entities.
  */
 function _wp_specialchars( $string, $quote_style = ENT_NOQUOTES, $charset = false, $double_encode = false ) {