diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
index 1598a6285e..daac92371d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ do_action($taxonomy . '_pre_edit_form', $tag, $taxonomy);  ?>
 <?php endif; // is_taxonomy_hierarchical() ?>
 		<tr class="form-field">
 			<th scope="row" valign="top"><label for="description"><?php _ex('Description', 'Taxonomy Description'); ?></label></th>
-			<td><textarea name="description" id="description" rows="5" cols="50" style="width: 97%;"><?php echo $tag->description; // already escaped ?></textarea><br />
+			<td><textarea name="description" id="description" rows="5" cols="50" style="width: 97%;"><?php echo $tag->description; // textarea_escaped ?></textarea><br />
 			<span class="description"><?php _e('The description is not prominent by default, however some themes may show it.'); ?></span></td>
 		</tr>
 		<?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/media.php b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
index 972f637e32..fdd02ffb7a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ function get_media_item( $attachment_id, $args = null ) {
 		if ( !empty( $field[ $field['input'] ] ) )
 			$item .= $field[ $field['input'] ];
 		elseif ( $field['input'] == 'textarea' ) {
-			if ( user_can_richedit() ) { // already escaped when user_can_richedit() = false
+			if ( user_can_richedit() ) { // textarea_escaped when user_can_richedit() = false
 				$field['value'] = esc_textarea( $field['value'] );
 			}
 			$item .= "<textarea type='text' id='$name' name='$name' $aria_required>" . $field['value'] . '</textarea>';
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php b/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
index 654d285869..468d6d6ea9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ function post_tags_meta_box($post, $box) {
 	<div class="jaxtag">
 	<div class="nojs-tags hide-if-js">
 	<p><?php echo $taxonomy->labels->add_or_remove_items; ?></p>
-	<textarea name="<?php echo "tax_input[$tax_name]"; ?>" rows="3" cols="20" class="the-tags" id="tax-input-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>" <?php echo $disabled; ?>><?php echo get_terms_to_edit( $post->ID, $tax_name ); // escaped by esc_attr() ?></textarea></div>
+	<textarea name="<?php echo "tax_input[$tax_name]"; ?>" rows="3" cols="20" class="the-tags" id="tax-input-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>" <?php echo $disabled; ?>><?php echo get_terms_to_edit( $post->ID, $tax_name ); // textarea_escaped by esc_attr() ?></textarea></div>
  	<?php if ( current_user_can($taxonomy->cap->assign_terms) ) : ?>
 	<div class="ajaxtag hide-if-no-js">
 		<label class="screen-reader-text" for="new-tag-<?php echo $tax_name; ?>"><?php echo $box['title']; ?></label>
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ function post_categories_meta_box( $post, $box ) {
  */
 function post_excerpt_meta_box($post) {
 ?>
-<label class="screen-reader-text" for="excerpt"><?php _e('Excerpt') ?></label><textarea rows="1" cols="40" name="excerpt" tabindex="6" id="excerpt"><?php echo $post->post_excerpt; ?></textarea>
+<label class="screen-reader-text" for="excerpt"><?php _e('Excerpt') ?></label><textarea rows="1" cols="40" name="excerpt" tabindex="6" id="excerpt"><?php echo $post->post_excerpt; // textarea_escaped ?></textarea>
 <p><?php _e('Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content that can be used in your theme. <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt" target="_blank">Learn more about manual excerpts.</a>'); ?></p>
 <?php
 }
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ function link_advanced_meta_box($link) {
 	</tr>
 	<tr class="form-field">
 		<th valign="top"  scope="row"><label for="link_notes"><?php _e('Notes') ?></label></th>
-		<td><textarea name="link_notes" id="link_notes" cols="50" rows="10" style="width: 95%"><?php echo ( isset( $link->link_notes ) ? $link->link_notes : ''); // escaped ?></textarea></td>
+		<td><textarea name="link_notes" id="link_notes" cols="50" rows="10" style="width: 95%"><?php echo ( isset( $link->link_notes ) ? $link->link_notes : ''); // textarea_escaped ?></textarea></td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr class="form-field">
 		<th valign="top"  scope="row"><label for="link_rating"><?php _e('Rating') ?></label></th>
diff --git a/wp-admin/user-edit.php b/wp-admin/user-edit.php
index 21e9e663c3..4d1f52e346 100644
--- a/wp-admin/user-edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/user-edit.php
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ if ( is_multisite() && is_network_admin() && ! IS_PROFILE_PAGE && current_user_c
 <table class="form-table">
 <tr>
 	<th><label for="description"><?php _e('Biographical Info'); ?></label></th>
-	<td><textarea name="description" id="description" rows="5" cols="30"><?php echo $profileuser->description; // escaped ?></textarea><br />
+	<td><textarea name="description" id="description" rows="5" cols="30"><?php echo $profileuser->description; // textarea_escaped ?></textarea><br />
 	<span class="description"><?php _e('Share a little biographical information to fill out your profile. This may be shown publicly.'); ?></span></td>
 </tr>