diff --git a/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php b/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php
index 750643c617..9d60eb86d8 100644
--- a/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php
+++ b/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ function get_blog_option( $id, $option, $default = false ) {
  * @param int    $id     A blog ID. Can be null to refer to the current blog.
  * @param string $option Name of option to add. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param mixed  $value  Optional. Option value, can be anything. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @return bool False if option was not added and true if option was added.
+ * @return bool True if the option was added, false otherwise.
  */
 function add_blog_option( $id, $option, $value ) {
 	$id = (int) $id;
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ function add_blog_option( $id, $option, $value ) {
  *
  * @param int    $id     A blog ID. Can be null to refer to the current blog.
  * @param string $option Name of option to remove. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @return bool True, if option is successfully deleted. False on failure.
+ * @return bool True if the option was deleted, false otherwise.
  */
 function delete_blog_option( $id, $option ) {
 	$id = (int) $id;
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ function delete_blog_option( $id, $option ) {
  * @param string $option     The option key.
  * @param mixed  $value      The option value.
  * @param mixed  $deprecated Not used.
- * @return bool True on success, false on failure.
+ * @return bool True if the value was updated, false otherwise.
  */
 function update_blog_option( $id, $option, $value, $deprecated = null ) {
 	$id = (int) $id;
diff --git a/wp-includes/option.php b/wp-includes/option.php
index a11ce04e16..459b355362 100644
--- a/wp-includes/option.php
+++ b/wp-includes/option.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param string $option  Name of option to retrieve. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @param string $option  Name of the option to retrieve. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param mixed  $default Optional. Default value to return if the option does not exist.
  * @return mixed Value set for the option.
  */
@@ -297,13 +297,13 @@ function wp_load_core_site_options( $network_id = null ) {
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param string      $option   Option name. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @param string      $option   Name of the option to update. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param mixed       $value    Option value. Must be serializable if non-scalar. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param string|bool $autoload Optional. Whether to load the option when WordPress starts up. For existing options,
  *                              `$autoload` can only be updated using `update_option()` if `$value` is also changed.
  *                              Accepts 'yes'|true to enable or 'no'|false to disable. For non-existent options,
  *                              the default value is 'yes'. Default null.
- * @return bool False if value was not updated and true if value was updated.
+ * @return bool True if the value was updated, false otherwise.
  */
 function update_option( $option, $value, $autoload = null ) {
 	global $wpdb;
@@ -457,13 +457,13 @@ function update_option( $option, $value, $autoload = null ) {
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param string         $option      Name of option to add. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @param string         $option      Name of the option to add. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param mixed          $value       Optional. Option value. Must be serializable if non-scalar.
  *                                    Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param string         $deprecated  Optional. Description. Not used anymore.
  * @param string|bool    $autoload    Optional. Whether to load the option when WordPress starts up.
  *                                    Default is enabled. Accepts 'no' to disable for legacy reasons.
- * @return bool False if option was not added and true if option was added.
+ * @return bool True if the option was added, false otherwise.
  */
 function add_option( $option, $value = '', $deprecated = '', $autoload = 'yes' ) {
 	global $wpdb;
@@ -565,8 +565,8 @@ function add_option( $option, $value = '', $deprecated = '', $autoload = 'yes' )
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param string $option Name of option to remove. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @return bool True, if option is successfully deleted. False on failure.
+ * @param string $option Name of the option to delete. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @return bool True if the option was deleted, false otherwise.
  */
 function delete_option( $option ) {
 	global $wpdb;
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ function delete_option( $option ) {
  * @since 2.8.0
  *
  * @param string $transient Transient name. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @return bool true if successful, false otherwise
+ * @return bool True if the transient was deleted, false otherwise.
  */
 function delete_transient( $transient ) {
 
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ function get_transient( $transient ) {
  * @param mixed  $value      Transient value. Must be serializable if non-scalar.
  *                           Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param int    $expiration Optional. Time until expiration in seconds. Default 0 (no expiration).
- * @return bool False if value was not set and true if value was set.
+ * @return bool True if the value was set, false otherwise.
  */
 function set_transient( $transient, $value, $expiration = 0 ) {
 
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ function wp_user_settings() {
  *
  * @param string $name    The name of the setting.
  * @param string $default Optional default value to return when $name is not set.
- * @return mixed the last saved user setting or the default value/false if it doesn't exist.
+ * @return mixed The last saved user setting or the default value/false if it doesn't exist.
  */
 function get_user_setting( $name, $default = false ) {
 	$all_user_settings = get_all_user_settings();
@@ -1009,7 +1009,8 @@ function get_user_setting( $name, $default = false ) {
  *
  * @param string $name  The name of the setting.
  * @param string $value The value for the setting.
- * @return bool|null True if set successfully, false if not. Null if the current user can't be established.
+ * @return bool|null True if set successfully, false otherwise.
+ *                   Null if the current user is not a member of the site.
  */
 function set_user_setting( $name, $value ) {
 	if ( headers_sent() ) {
@@ -1032,7 +1033,8 @@ function set_user_setting( $name, $value ) {
  * @since 2.7.0
  *
  * @param string $names The name or array of names of the setting to be deleted.
- * @return bool|null True if deleted successfully, false if not. Null if the current user can't be established.
+ * @return bool|null True if deleted successfully, false otherwise.
+ *                   Null if the current user is not a member of the site.
  */
 function delete_user_setting( $names ) {
 	if ( headers_sent() ) {
@@ -1064,7 +1066,7 @@ function delete_user_setting( $names ) {
  *
  * @global array $_updated_user_settings
  *
- * @return array the last saved user settings or empty array.
+ * @return array The last saved user settings or empty array.
  */
 function get_all_user_settings() {
 	global $_updated_user_settings;
@@ -1107,8 +1109,8 @@ function get_all_user_settings() {
  * @global array $_updated_user_settings
  *
  * @param array $user_settings User settings.
- * @return bool|null False if the current user can't be found, null if the current
- *                   user is not a super admin or a member of the site, otherwise true.
+ * @return bool|null True if set successfully, false if the current user could not be found.
+ *                   Null if the current user is not a member of the site.
  */
 function wp_set_all_user_settings( $user_settings ) {
 	global $_updated_user_settings;
@@ -1165,8 +1167,8 @@ function delete_all_user_settings() {
  *
  * @see get_network_option()
  *
- * @param string $option     Name of option to retrieve. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @param mixed  $default    Optional value to return if option doesn't exist. Default false.
+ * @param string $option     Name of the option to retrieve. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @param mixed  $default    Optional. Value to return if the option doesn't exist. Default false.
  * @param bool   $deprecated Whether to use cache. Multisite only. Always set to true.
  * @return mixed Value set for the option.
  */
@@ -1184,9 +1186,9 @@ function get_site_option( $option, $default = false, $deprecated = true ) {
  *
  * @see add_network_option()
  *
- * @param string $option Name of option to add. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @param string $option Name of the option to add. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param mixed  $value  Option value, can be anything. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @return bool False if the option was not added. True if the option was added.
+ * @return bool True if the option was added, false otherwise.
  */
 function add_site_option( $option, $value ) {
 	return add_network_option( null, $option, $value );
@@ -1200,8 +1202,8 @@ function add_site_option( $option, $value ) {
  *
  * @see delete_network_option()
  *
- * @param string $option Name of option to remove. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @return bool True, if succeed. False, if failure.
+ * @param string $option Name of the option to delete. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @return bool True if the option was deleted, false otherwise.
  */
 function delete_site_option( $option ) {
 	return delete_network_option( null, $option );
@@ -1215,9 +1217,9 @@ function delete_site_option( $option ) {
  *
  * @see update_network_option()
  *
- * @param string $option Name of option. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @param string $option Name of the option. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param mixed  $value  Option value. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @return bool False if value was not updated. True if value was updated.
+ * @return bool True if the value was updated, false otherwise.
  */
 function update_site_option( $option, $value ) {
 	return update_network_option( null, $option, $value );
@@ -1233,7 +1235,7 @@ function update_site_option( $option, $value ) {
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
  * @param int      $network_id ID of the network. Can be null to default to the current network ID.
- * @param string   $option     Name of option to retrieve. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @param string   $option     Name of the option to retrieve. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param mixed    $default    Optional. Value to return if the option doesn't exist. Default false.
  * @return mixed Value set for the option.
  */
@@ -1367,9 +1369,9 @@ function get_network_option( $network_id, $option, $default = false ) {
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
  * @param int    $network_id ID of the network. Can be null to default to the current network ID.
- * @param string $option     Name of option to add. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @param string $option     Name of the option to add. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param mixed  $value      Option value, can be anything. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @return bool False if option was not added and true if option was added.
+ * @return bool True if the option was added, false otherwise.
  */
 function add_network_option( $network_id, $option, $value ) {
 	global $wpdb;
@@ -1492,8 +1494,8 @@ function add_network_option( $network_id, $option, $value ) {
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
  * @param int    $network_id ID of the network. Can be null to default to the current network ID.
- * @param string $option     Name of option to remove. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @return bool True, if succeed. False, if failure.
+ * @param string $option     Name of the option to delete. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @return bool True if the option was deleted, false otherwise.
  */
 function delete_network_option( $network_id, $option ) {
 	global $wpdb;
@@ -1585,9 +1587,9 @@ function delete_network_option( $network_id, $option ) {
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
  * @param int      $network_id ID of the network. Can be null to default to the current network ID.
- * @param string   $option     Name of option. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
+ * @param string   $option     Name of the option. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param mixed    $value      Option value. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @return bool False if value was not updated and true if value was updated.
+ * @return bool True if the value was updated, false otherwise.
  */
 function update_network_option( $network_id, $option, $value ) {
 	global $wpdb;
@@ -1713,7 +1715,7 @@ function update_network_option( $network_id, $option, $value ) {
  * @since 2.9.0
  *
  * @param string $transient Transient name. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
- * @return bool True if successful, false otherwise
+ * @return bool True if the transient was deleted, false otherwise.
  */
 function delete_site_transient( $transient ) {
 
@@ -1841,7 +1843,7 @@ function get_site_transient( $transient ) {
  *                           167 characters or fewer in length.
  * @param mixed  $value      Transient value. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
  * @param int    $expiration Optional. Time until expiration in seconds. Default 0 (no expiration).
- * @return bool False if value was not set and true if value was set.
+ * @return bool True if the value was set, false otherwise.
  */
 function set_site_transient( $transient, $value, $expiration = 0 ) {
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 8becef728c..3339eb38aa 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.5-alpha-48319';
+$wp_version = '5.5-alpha-48320';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.