diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
index b2e14c45f8..dcaeb23ce5 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
@@ -519,8 +519,8 @@ class WP_List_Table {
 	 * @since 3.1.0
 	 * @access protected
 	 *
-	 * @param int $post_id
-	 * @param int $pending_comments
+	 * @param int $post_id          The post ID.
+	 * @param int $pending_comments Number of pending comments.
 	 */
 	protected function comments_bubble( $post_id, $pending_comments ) {
 		$pending_phrase = sprintf( __( '%s pending' ), number_format( $pending_comments ) );
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index b2a15d0d2c..e1ecad35db 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ function the_post_password() {
  *
  * @since 2.7.0
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @return string The post title if set.
  */
 function _draft_or_post_title( $post = 0 ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/comment-template.php b/wp-includes/comment-template.php
index bb7c3afadd..774fc68f9b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment-template.php
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ function get_comment_link( $comment = null, $args = array() ) {
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @return string The link to the comments.
  */
 function get_comments_link( $post_id = 0 ) {
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ function comments_link( $deprecated = '', $deprecated_2 = '' ) {
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @return int The number of comments a post has.
  */
 function get_comments_number( $post_id = 0 ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/link-template.php b/wp-includes/link-template.php
index 57856b5bce..557e753877 100644
--- a/wp-includes/link-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/link-template.php
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ function get_post_permalink( $id = 0, $leavename = false, $sample = false ) {
  *
  * @since 1.0.0
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @param mixed $deprecated Not used.
  * @return string
  */
diff --git a/wp-includes/media.php b/wp-includes/media.php
index 1efa375ca3..ce573f322b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-includes/media.php
@@ -3022,7 +3022,7 @@ function wp_enqueue_media( $args = array() ) {
  * @since 3.6.0
  *
  * @param string      $type Mime type.
- * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @return array Found attachments.
  */
 function get_attached_media( $type, $post = 0 ) {
@@ -3147,7 +3147,7 @@ function get_post_galleries( $post, $html = true ) {
  *
  * @since 3.6.0
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @param bool        $html Whether to return HTML or data.
  * @return string|array Gallery data and srcs parsed from the expanded shortcode.
  */
@@ -3172,7 +3172,7 @@ function get_post_gallery( $post = 0, $html = true ) {
  *
  * @since 3.6.0
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @return array A list of lists, each containing image srcs parsed.
  *		from an expanded shortcode
  */
@@ -3186,7 +3186,7 @@ function get_post_galleries_images( $post = 0 ) {
  *
  * @since 3.6.0
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @return array A list of a gallery's image srcs in order.
  */
 function get_post_gallery_images( $post = 0 ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/post-template.php b/wp-includes/post-template.php
index 7af1d96612..f3a65dfa82 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function the_title_attribute( $args = '' ) {
  *
  * @since 0.71
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @return string
  */
 function get_the_title( $post = 0 ) {
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ function prepend_attachment($content) {
  *
  * @since 1.0.0
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @return string HTML content for password form for password protected post.
  */
 function get_the_password_form( $post = 0 ) {
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ function wp_post_revision_title_expanded( $revision, $link = true ) {
  * @uses get_edit_post_link()
  * @uses get_the_author_meta()
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @param string $type 'all' (default), 'revision' or 'autosave'
  * @return null
  */
diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index 1d93bcc211..84fcb7916a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ function delete_post_meta_by_key($post_meta_key) {
  * @since 1.2.0
  * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_custom
  *
- * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID. Default is ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID. Default is ID of the global $post.
  * @return array Post meta for the given post.
  */
 function get_post_custom( $post_id = 0 ) {
@@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ function get_post_custom( $post_id = 0 ) {
  * @since 1.2.0
  * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_custom_keys
  *
- * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID. Default is ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID. Default is ID of the global $post.
  * @return array|null Either array of the keys, or null if keys could not be retrieved.
  */
 function get_post_custom_keys( $post_id = 0 ) {
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ function get_post_custom_keys( $post_id = 0 ) {
  * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_custom_values
  *
  * @param string $key Meta field key.
- * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID. Default is ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID. Default is ID of the global $post.
  * @return array Meta field values.
  */
 function get_post_custom_values( $key = '', $post_id = 0 ) {
@@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@ function get_post_custom_values( $key = '', $post_id = 0 ) {
  *
  * @since 2.7.0
  *
- * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID. Default is ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID. Default is ID of the global $post.
  * @return bool Whether post is sticky.
  */
 function is_sticky( $post_id = 0 ) {
@@ -2624,7 +2624,7 @@ function wp_trash_post($post_id = 0) {
  *
  * @since 2.9.0
  *
- * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID. Default is ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID. Default is ID of the global $post.
  * @return mixed False on failure
  */
 function wp_untrash_post( $post_id = 0 ) {
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ function wp_untrash_post_comments($post = null) {
  *
  * @uses wp_get_object_terms() Retrieves the categories. Args details can be found here.
  *
- * @param int $post_id Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int $post_id Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global $post.
  * @param array $args Optional. Overwrite the defaults.
  * @return array
  */
@@ -2813,7 +2813,7 @@ function wp_get_post_categories( $post_id = 0, $args = array() ) {
  *
  * @uses wp_get_object_terms() Gets the tags for returning. Args can be found here
  *
- * @param int $post_id Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int $post_id Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global $post.
  * @param array $args Optional. Overwrite the defaults
  * @return array List of post tags.
  */
@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@ function wp_get_post_tags( $post_id = 0, $args = array() ) {
  *
  * @uses wp_get_object_terms() Gets the tags for returning. Args can be found here
  *
- * @param int    $post_id  Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int    $post_id  Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global $post.
  * @param string $taxonomy The taxonomy for which to retrieve terms. Defaults to post_tag.
  * @param array  $args     Optional. {@link wp_get_object_terms()} arguments.
  * @return array List of post tags.
@@ -3646,7 +3646,7 @@ function _truncate_post_slug( $slug, $length = 200 ) {
  *
  * @since 2.3.0
  *
- * @param int $post_id Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int $post_id Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global $post.
  * @param string $tags The tags to set for the post, separated by commas.
  * @return bool|null Will return false if $post_id is not an integer or is 0. Will return null otherwise
  */
@@ -3660,7 +3660,7 @@ function wp_add_post_tags( $post_id = 0, $tags = '' ) {
  * @since 2.3.0
  * @uses wp_set_object_terms() Sets the tags for the post.
  *
- * @param int $post_id Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int $post_id Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global $post.
  * @param string $tags The tags to set for the post, separated by commas.
  * @param bool $append If true, don't delete existing tags, just add on. If false, replace the tags with the new tags.
  * @return mixed Array of affected term IDs. WP_Error or false on failure.
@@ -3675,7 +3675,7 @@ function wp_set_post_tags( $post_id = 0, $tags = '', $append = false ) {
  * @since 2.8.0
  * @uses wp_set_object_terms() Sets the tags for the post.
  *
- * @param int    $post_id  Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int    $post_id  Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global $post.
  * @param string $tags     The tags to set for the post, separated by commas.
  * @param string $taxonomy Taxonomy name. Defaults to 'post_tag'.
  * @param bool   $append   If true, don't delete existing tags, just add on. If false, replace the tags with the new tags.
@@ -3714,7 +3714,7 @@ function wp_set_post_terms( $post_id = 0, $tags = '', $taxonomy = 'post_tag', $a
  *
  * @since 2.1.0
  *
- * @param int $post_ID Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global `$post`.
+ * @param int $post_ID Optional. The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global $post.
  * @param array|int $post_categories Optional. List of categories or ID of category.
  * @param bool $append If true, don't delete existing categories, just add on. If false, replace the categories with the new categories.
  * @return bool|mixed
diff --git a/wp-includes/revision.php b/wp-includes/revision.php
index 6aa7f6aaaa..45e436f567 100644
--- a/wp-includes/revision.php
+++ b/wp-includes/revision.php
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ function wp_delete_post_revision( $revision_id ) {
  *
  * @uses get_children()
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @return array An array of revisions, or an empty array if none.
  */
 function wp_get_post_revisions( $post_id = 0, $args = null ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index 20e1b494b6..31810c1a98 100644
--- a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -3778,7 +3778,7 @@ function the_taxonomies( $args = array() ) {
  *
  * @since 2.5.0
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @param array $args Override the defaults.
  * @return array List of taxonomies.
  */
@@ -3831,7 +3831,7 @@ function get_the_taxonomies( $post = 0, $args = array() ) {
  *
  * @uses get_object_taxonomies()
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @return array
  */
 function get_post_taxonomies( $post = 0 ) {