diff --git a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
index 862b002dd5..a69e2738ca 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
@@ -35,38 +35,38 @@ include('./admin-header.php');
 
 <table class="form-table">
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Default article settings') ?></th>
-<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Default article settings') ?></span></legend>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('Default article settings'); ?></th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Default article settings'); ?></span></legend>
 <label for="default_pingback_flag">
 <input name="default_pingback_flag" type="checkbox" id="default_pingback_flag" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('default_pingback_flag')); ?> />
-<?php _e('Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article.') ?></label>
+<?php _e('Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article'); ?></label>
 <br />
 <label for="default_ping_status">
 <input name="default_ping_status" type="checkbox" id="default_ping_status" value="open" <?php checked('open', get_option('default_ping_status')); ?> />
-<?php _e('Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks.)') ?></label>
+<?php _e('Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks)'); ?></label>
 <br />
 <label for="default_comment_status">
 <input name="default_comment_status" type="checkbox" id="default_comment_status" value="open" <?php checked('open', get_option('default_comment_status')); ?> />
-<?php _e('Allow people to post comments on new articles') ?></label>
+<?php _e('Allow people to post comments on new articles'); ?></label>
 <br />
 <small><em><?php echo '(' . __('These settings may be overridden for individual articles.') . ')'; ?></em></small>
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Other comment settings') ?></th>
-<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Other comment settings') ?></span></legend>
-<label for="require_name_email"><input type="checkbox" name="require_name_email" id="require_name_email" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('require_name_email')); ?> /> <?php _e('Comment author must fill out name and e-mail') ?></label>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('Other comment settings'); ?></th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Other comment settings'); ?></span></legend>
+<label for="require_name_email"><input type="checkbox" name="require_name_email" id="require_name_email" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('require_name_email')); ?> /> <?php _e('Comment author must fill out name and e-mail'); ?></label>
 <br />
 <label for="comment_registration">
 <input name="comment_registration" type="checkbox" id="comment_registration" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('comment_registration')); ?> />
-<?php _e('Users must be registered and logged in to comment') ?>
+<?php _e('Users must be registered and logged in to comment'); ?>
 <?php if ( !get_option( 'users_can_register' ) && is_multisite() ) echo ' ' . __( '(Signup has been disabled. Only members of this site can comment.)' ); ?>
 </label>
 <br />
 
 <label for="close_comments_for_old_posts">
 <input name="close_comments_for_old_posts" type="checkbox" id="close_comments_for_old_posts" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('close_comments_for_old_posts')); ?> />
-<?php printf( __('Automatically close comments on articles older than %s days'), '</label><input name="close_comments_days_old" type="text" id="close_comments_days_old" value="' . esc_attr(get_option('close_comments_days_old')) . '" class="small-text" />') ?>
+<?php printf( __('Automatically close comments on articles older than %s days'), '</label><input name="close_comments_days_old" type="text" id="close_comments_days_old" value="' . esc_attr(get_option('close_comments_days_old')) . '" class="small-text" />'); ?>
 <br />
 <label for="thread_comments">
 <input name="thread_comments" type="checkbox" id="thread_comments" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('thread_comments')); ?> />
@@ -113,42 +113,42 @@ printf( __('Comments should be displayed with the %s comments at the top of each
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('E-mail me whenever') ?></th>
-<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('E-mail me whenever') ?></span></legend>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('E-mail me whenever'); ?></th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('E-mail me whenever'); ?></span></legend>
 <label for="comments_notify">
 <input name="comments_notify" type="checkbox" id="comments_notify" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('comments_notify')); ?> />
-<?php _e('Anyone posts a comment') ?> </label>
+<?php _e('Anyone posts a comment'); ?> </label>
 <br />
 <label for="moderation_notify">
 <input name="moderation_notify" type="checkbox" id="moderation_notify" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('moderation_notify')); ?> />
-<?php _e('A comment is held for moderation') ?> </label>
+<?php _e('A comment is held for moderation'); ?> </label>
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Before a comment appears') ?></th>
-<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Before a comment appears') ?></span></legend>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('Before a comment appears'); ?></th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Before a comment appears'); ?></span></legend>
 <label for="comment_moderation">
 <input name="comment_moderation" type="checkbox" id="comment_moderation" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('comment_moderation')); ?> />
-<?php _e('An administrator must always approve the comment') ?> </label>
+<?php _e('An administrator must always approve the comment'); ?> </label>
 <br />
-<label for="comment_whitelist"><input type="checkbox" name="comment_whitelist" id="comment_whitelist" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('comment_whitelist')); ?> /> <?php _e('Comment author must have a previously approved comment') ?></label>
+<label for="comment_whitelist"><input type="checkbox" name="comment_whitelist" id="comment_whitelist" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('comment_whitelist')); ?> /> <?php _e('Comment author must have a previously approved comment'); ?></label>
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Comment Moderation') ?></th>
-<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Comment Moderation') ?></span></legend>
-<p><label for="comment_max_links"><?php printf(__('Hold a comment in the queue if it contains %s or more links. (A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.)'), '<input name="comment_max_links" type="text" id="comment_max_links" value="' . esc_attr(get_option('comment_max_links')) . '" class="small-text" />' ) ?></label></p>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('Comment Moderation'); ?></th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Comment Moderation'); ?></span></legend>
+<p><label for="comment_max_links"><?php printf(__('Hold a comment in the queue if it contains %s or more links. (A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.)'), '<input name="comment_max_links" type="text" id="comment_max_links" value="' . esc_attr(get_option('comment_max_links')) . '" class="small-text" />' ); ?></label></p>
 
-<p><label for="moderation_keys"><?php _e('When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be held in the <a href="edit-comments.php?comment_status=moderated">moderation queue</a>. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.') ?></label></p>
+<p><label for="moderation_keys"><?php _e('When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be held in the <a href="edit-comments.php?comment_status=moderated">moderation queue</a>. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.'); ?></label></p>
 <p>
 <textarea name="moderation_keys" rows="10" cols="50" id="moderation_keys" class="large-text code"><?php echo esc_textarea( get_option( 'moderation_keys' ) ); ?></textarea>
 </p>
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Comment Blacklist') ?></th>
-<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Comment Blacklist') ?></span></legend>
-<p><label for="blacklist_keys"><?php _e('When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be marked as spam. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.') ?></label></p>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('Comment Blacklist'); ?></th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Comment Blacklist'); ?></span></legend>
+<p><label for="blacklist_keys"><?php _e('When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be marked as spam. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.'); ?></label></p>
 <p>
 <textarea name="blacklist_keys" rows="10" cols="50" id="blacklist_keys" class="large-text code"><?php echo esc_textarea( get_option( 'blacklist_keys' ) ); ?></textarea>
 </p>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ printf( __('Comments should be displayed with the %s comments at the top of each
 <?php do_settings_fields('discussion', 'default'); ?>
 </table>
 
-<h3><?php _e('Avatars') ?></h3>
+<h3><?php _e('Avatars'); ?></h3>
 
 <p><?php _e('An avatar is an image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on avatar enabled sites.  Here you can enable the display of avatars for people who comment on your site.'); ?></p>
 
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ printf( __('Comments should be displayed with the %s comments at the top of each
 
 <table class="form-table">
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Avatar Display') ?></th>
-<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Avatar Display') ?></span></legend>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('Avatar Display'); ?></th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Avatar Display'); ?></span></legend>
 <?php
 	$yesorno = array( 0 => __( 'Don&#8217;t show Avatars' ), 1 => __( 'Show Avatars' ) );
 	foreach ( $yesorno as $key => $value) {
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ printf( __('Comments should be displayed with the %s comments at the top of each
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Maximum Rating') ?></th>
-<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Maximum Rating') ?></span></legend>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('Maximum Rating'); ?></th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Maximum Rating'); ?></span></legend>
 
 <?php
 $ratings = array(
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ endforeach;
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Default Avatar') ?></th>
-<td class="defaultavatarpicker"><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Default Avatar') ?></span></legend>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('Default Avatar'); ?></th>
+<td class="defaultavatarpicker"><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Default Avatar'); ?></span></legend>
 
 <?php _e('For users without a custom avatar of their own, you can either display a generic logo or a generated one based on their e-mail address.'); ?><br />