diff --git a/src/wp-admin/options-general.php b/src/wp-admin/options-general.php
index ecb4ce73e8..4e8c99c3b6 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/options-general.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/options-general.php
@@ -201,12 +201,19 @@ if ( empty($tzstring) ) { // Create a UTC+- zone if no timezone string exists
 		if ( $found ) {
 			echo ' ';
 			$message = $tr['isdst'] ?
-				__('Daylight saving time begins on: <code>%s</code>.') :
-				__('Standard time begins on: <code>%s</code>.');
+				/* translators: %s: date and time  */
+				__( 'Daylight saving time begins on: %s.')  :
+				/* translators: %s: date and time  */
+				__( 'Standard time begins on: %s.' );
 			// Add the difference between the current offset and the new offset to ts to get the correct transition time from date_i18n().
-			printf( $message, date_i18n(get_option('date_format') . ' ' . get_option('time_format'), $tr['ts'] + ($tz_offset - $tr['offset']) ) );
+			printf( $message,
+				'<code>' . date_i18n(
+					get_option( 'date_format' ) . ' ' . get_option( 'time_format' ),
+					$tr['ts'] + ( $tz_offset - $tr['offset'] )
+				) . '</code>'
+			);
 		} else {
-			_e('This timezone does not observe daylight saving time.');
+			_e( 'This timezone does not observe daylight saving time.' );
 		}
 	}
 	// Set back to UTC.