diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php
index f9020f7a3b..b5b47f06c5 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ class WP_Automatic_Updater {
 				return;
 		}
 
-		// If the auto update is not to the latest version, say that the current version of WP is available instead.
+		// If the auto-update is not to the latest version, say that the current version of WP is available instead.
 		$version = 'success' === $type ? $core_update->current : $next_user_core_update->current;
 		$subject = sprintf( $subject, wp_specialchars_decode( get_option( 'blogname' ), ENT_QUOTES ), $version );
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health-auto-updates.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health-auto-updates.php
index d5bb241d04..fb10098833 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health-auto-updates.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health-auto-updates.php
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class WP_Site_Health_Auto_Updates {
 	 *
 	 * @since 5.3.0
 	 *
-	 * @return array|bool The test results. False if auto updates are enabled.
+	 * @return array|bool The test results. False if auto-updates are enabled.
 	 */
 	public function test_wp_automatic_updates_disabled() {
 		if ( ! class_exists( 'WP_Automatic_Updater' ) ) {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class WP_Site_Health_Auto_Updates {
 	 *
 	 * @since 5.2.0
 	 *
-	 * @return array|bool The test results. False if the auto updates failed.
+	 * @return array|bool The test results. False if the auto-updates failed.
 	 */
 	function test_if_failed_update() {
 		$failed = get_site_option( 'auto_core_update_failed' );
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
index 731ddbc511..aa5ee5dcd1 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ function update_core( $from, $to ) {
 	 */
 	do_action( '_core_updated_successfully', $wp_version );
 
-	// Clear the option that blocks auto updates after failures, now that we've been successful.
+	// Clear the option that blocks auto-updates after failures, now that we've been successful.
 	if ( function_exists( 'delete_site_option' ) ) {
 		delete_site_option( 'auto_core_update_failed' );
 	}
diff --git a/wp-includes/update.php b/wp-includes/update.php
index 46e6431487..111d57ae5d 100644
--- a/wp-includes/update.php
+++ b/wp-includes/update.php
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ function wp_version_check( $extra_stats = array(), $force_check = false ) {
 	// Trigger background updates if running non-interactively, and we weren't called from the update handler.
 	if ( $doing_cron && ! doing_action( 'wp_maybe_auto_update' ) ) {
 		/**
-		 * Fires during wp_cron, starting the auto update process.
+		 * Fires during wp_cron, starting the auto-update process.
 		 *
 		 * @since 3.9.0
 		 */
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index bce0400836..dc2e0b8519 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.5-alpha-48343';
+$wp_version = '5.5-alpha-48344';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.