diff --git a/wp-admin/options-general.php b/wp-admin/options-general.php
index 1c91300c04..e1f7d219d9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-general.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-general.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ include( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-header.php' );
 <th scope="row"><label for="home"><?php _e('Site Address (URL)') ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="home" type="url" id="home" aria-describedby="home-description" value="<?php form_option( 'home' ); ?>"<?php disabled( defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ); ?> class="regular-text code<?php if ( defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ) echo ' disabled' ?>" />
 <?php if ( ! defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ) : ?>
-<p class="description" id="home-description"><?php _e( 'Enter the address here if you <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory">want your site home page to be different from your WordPress installation directory.</a>' ); ?></p></td>
+<p class="description" id="home-description"><?php _e( 'Enter the address here if you <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory">want your site home page to be different from your WordPress installation directory</a>.' ); ?></p></td>
 <?php endif; ?>
 </tr>
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 705a6c771d..2930e65f4f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.9-beta2-41873';
+$wp_version = '4.9-beta2-41874';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.