diff --git a/wp-signup.php b/wp-signup.php
index 7c2cb221fa..43f3ecf579 100644
--- a/wp-signup.php
+++ b/wp-signup.php
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ function confirm_blog_signup($domain, $path, $blog_title, $user_name = '', $user
 		<ul id="noemail-tips">
 			<li><p><strong><?php _e( 'Wait a little longer. Sometimes delivery of email can be delayed by processes outside of our control.' ) ?></strong></p></li>
 			<li><p><?php _e( 'Check the junk or spam folder of your email client. Sometime emails wind up there by mistake.' ) ?></p></li>
-			<li><?php printf( __( 'Have you entered your email correctly?  You have entered %s, if it&#8217;s incorrect, you will not receive your email.' ), $user_email ) ?></li>
+			<li><?php printf( __( 'Have you entered your email correctly? You have entered %s, if it&#8217;s incorrect, you will not receive your email.' ), $user_email ) ?></li>
 		</ul>
 	</p>
 	<?php
@@ -569,9 +569,9 @@ if ( $active_signup == 'none' ) {
 				$newblog = get_blogaddress_by_name( $newblogname );
 
 				if ( $active_signup == 'blog' || $active_signup == 'all' )
-					printf( __( '<p><em>The site you were looking for, <strong>%s</strong> does not exist, but you can create it now!</em></p>' ), $newblog );
+					printf( '<p><em>' . __( 'The site you were looking for, <strong>%s</strong>, does not exist, but you can create it now!' ) . '</em></p>', $newblog );
 				else
-					printf( __( '<p><em>The site you were looking for, <strong>%s</strong>, does not exist.</em></p>' ), $newblog );
+					printf( '<p><em>' . __( 'The site you were looking for, <strong>%s</strong>, does not exist.' ) . '</em></p>', $newblog );
 			}
 			break;
 	}