diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-category-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-category-form.php
index 8f62e3a993..f32cfd4fda 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-category-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-category-form.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if ( ! empty($cat_ID) ) {
 		<tr class="form-field">
 			<th scope="row" valign="top"><label for="category_parent"><?php _e('Category Parent') ?></label></th>
 			<td>
-	  			<?php wp_dropdown_categories('hide_empty=0&name=category_parent&orderby=name&selected=' . $category->parent . '&hierarchical=1&show_option_none=' . __('None')); ?><br />
+	  			<?php wp_dropdown_categories(array('hide_empty' => 0, 'name' => 'category_parent', 'orderby' => 'name', 'selected' => $category->parent, 'hierarchical' => true, 'show_option_none' => __('None'))); ?><br />
                 <?php _e('Categories, unlike tags, can have a hierarchy. You might have a Jazz category, and under that have children categories for Bebop and Big Band. Totally optional.'); ?>
 	  		</td>
 		</tr>