diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
index dcff1ecf43..5900755c4c 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ switch ( $post->post_status ) {
 ?>
 </span>
 <?php if ( 'publish' == $post->post_status || 'private' == $post->post_status || $can_publish ) { ?>
-<a href="#post_status" <?php if ( 'private' == $post->post_status ) { ?>style="display:none;" <?php } ?>class="edit-post-status hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Edit') ?></a>
+<a href="#post_status" <?php if ( 'private' == $post->post_status ) { ?>style="display:none;" <?php } ?>class="edit-post-status hide-if-no-js"><span aria-hidden="true"><?php _e( 'Edit' ); ?></span> <span class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Edit status' ); ?></span></a>
 
 <div id="post-status-select" class="hide-if-js">
 <input type="hidden" name="hidden_post_status" id="hidden_post_status" value="<?php echo esc_attr( ('auto-draft' == $post->post_status ) ? 'draft' : $post->post_status); ?>" />
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ if ( 'private' == $post->post_status ) {
 
 echo esc_html( $visibility_trans ); ?></span>
 <?php if ( $can_publish ) { ?>
-<a href="#visibility" class="edit-visibility hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Edit'); ?></a>
+<a href="#visibility" class="edit-visibility hide-if-no-js"><span aria-hidden="true"><?php _e( 'Edit' ); ?></span> <span class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Edit visibility' ); ?></span></a>
 
 <div id="post-visibility-select" class="hide-if-js">
 <input type="hidden" name="hidden_post_password" id="hidden-post-password" value="<?php echo esc_attr($post->post_password); ?>" />
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ if ( ! empty( $args['args']['revisions_count'] ) ) :
 		printf( __( 'Revisions: %s' ), '<b>' . number_format_i18n( $args['args']['revisions_count'] ) . '</b>' );
 	}
 ?>
-	<a class="hide-if-no-js" href="<?php echo esc_url( get_edit_post_link( $args['args']['revision_id'] ) ); ?>"><?php _ex( 'Browse', 'revisions' ); ?></a>
+	<a class="hide-if-no-js" href="<?php echo esc_url( get_edit_post_link( $args['args']['revision_id'] ) ); ?>"><span aria-hidden="true"><?php _ex( 'Browse', 'revisions' ); ?></span> <span class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Browse revisions' ); ?></span></a>
 </div>
 <?php endif;
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ if ( $can_publish ) : // Contributors don't get to choose the date of publish ?>
 <div class="misc-pub-section curtime misc-pub-curtime">
 	<span id="timestamp">
 	<?php printf($stamp, $date); ?></span>
-	<a href="#edit_timestamp" class="edit-timestamp hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Edit') ?></a>
+	<a href="#edit_timestamp" class="edit-timestamp hide-if-no-js"><span aria-hidden="true"><?php _e( 'Edit' ); ?></span> <span class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Edit date and time' ); ?></span></a>
 	<div id="timestampdiv" class="hide-if-js"><?php touch_time(($action == 'edit'), 1); ?></div>
 </div><?php // /misc-pub-section ?>
 <?php endif; ?>