diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
index b77d59ed3d..6be8fb4600 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -2328,31 +2328,31 @@ function wp_nonce_ays( $action ) {
 /**
  * Kill WordPress execution and display HTML message with error message.
  *
- * This function complements the die() PHP function. The difference is that
+ * This function complements the `die()` PHP function. The difference is that
  * HTML will be displayed to the user. It is recommended to use this function
- * only when the execution should not continue any further. It is not
- * recommended to call this function very often and try to handle as many errors
- * as possible silently or more gracefully.
+ * only when the execution should not continue any further. It is not recommended
+ * to call this function very often, and try to handle as many errors as possible
+ * silently or more gracefully.
  *
  * As a shorthand, the desired HTTP response code may be passed as an integer to
- * the $title parameter (the default title would apply) or the $args parameter.
+ * the `$title` parameter (the default title would apply) or the `$args` parameter.
  *
  * @since 2.0.4
  *
- * @param string|WP_Error  $message Optional. Error message. Default empty.
- *                                  If this is a WP_Error object, the error's messages are used.
- * @param string           $title   Optional. Error title. Default is a generic title.
- *                                  If $message is a WP_Error object, error data with the key
- *                                  'title' may be used to specify the title.
+ * @param string|WP_Error  $message Optional. Error message. If this is a {@see WP_Error} object,
+ *                                  the error's messages are used. Default empty.
+ * @param string|int       $title   Optional. Error title. If `$message` is a `WP_Error` object,
+ *                                  error data with the key 'title' may be used to specify the title.
+ *                                  Default empty.
  * @param string|array|int $args {
- *     Optional. Arguments to control behavior. Default empty array.
- *     If $args is an integer, then it is treated as the response code.
+ *     Optional. Arguments to control behavior. If `$args` is an integer, then it is treated
+ *     as the response code. Default empty array.
  *
  *     @type int    $response       The HTTP response code. Default 500.
  *     @type bool   $back_link      Whether to include a link to go back. Default false.
- *     @type string $text_direction The text direction. Defaults to the value of is_rtl().
- *                                  Accepts 'rtl'. This is only useful internally, when WordPress
- *                                  is still loading and the site's locale is not set up yet.
+ *     @type string $text_direction The text direction. This is only useful internally, when WordPress
+ *                                  is still loading and the site's locale is not set up yet. Accepts 'rtl'.
+ *                                  Default is the value of {@see is_rtl()}.
  * }
  */
 function wp_die( $message = '', $title = '', $args = array() ) {