diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/functions.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/functions.php
index 79f76fc3c3..fe155f8f41 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/functions.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/functions.php
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ function twentyseventeen_setup() {
 
 		'posts' => array(
 			'home',
-			'about-us',
-			'contact-us',
+			'about',
+			'contact',
 			'blog',
 			'homepage-section',
 		),
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ function twentyseventeen_setup() {
 
 		'theme_mods' => array(
 			'panel_1' => '{{homepage-section}}',
-			'panel_2' => '{{about-us}}',
+			'panel_2' => '{{about}}',
 			'panel_3' => '{{blog}}',
-			'panel_4' => '{{contact-us}}',
+			'panel_4' => '{{contact}}',
 		),
 
 		'nav_menus' => array(
diff --git a/wp-includes/theme.php b/wp-includes/theme.php
index c4ec5943f9..e237b62788 100644
--- a/wp-includes/theme.php
+++ b/wp-includes/theme.php
@@ -1852,17 +1852,22 @@ function get_theme_starter_content() {
 			'page_about' => array(
 				'type' => 'post_type',
 				'object' => 'page',
-				'object_id' => '{{about-us}}',
+				'object_id' => '{{about}}',
 			),
 			'page_blog' => array(
 				'type' => 'post_type',
 				'object' => 'page',
 				'object_id' => '{{blog}}',
 			),
+			'page_news' => array(
+				'type' => 'post_type',
+				'object' => 'page',
+				'object_id' => '{{news}}',
+			),
 			'page_contact' => array(
 				'type' => 'post_type',
 				'object' => 'page',
-				'object_id' => '{{contact-us}}',
+				'object_id' => '{{contact}}',
 			),
 
 			'link_email' => array(
@@ -1909,28 +1914,32 @@ function get_theme_starter_content() {
 		'posts' => array(
 			'home' => array(
 				'post_type' => 'page',
-				'post_title' => _x( 'Homepage', 'Theme starter content' ),
-				'post_content' => _x( 'Welcome home.', 'Theme starter content' ),
+				'post_title' => _x( 'Home', 'Theme starter content' ),
+				'post_content' => _x( 'Welcome to your site! This is your homepage, which is what most visitors will see when they come to your site for the first time.', 'Theme starter content' ),
 			),
-			'about-us' => array(
+			'about' => array(
 				'post_type' => 'page',
-				'post_title' => _x( 'About Us', 'Theme starter content' ),
-				'post_content' => _x( 'More than you ever wanted to know.', 'Theme starter content' ),
+				'post_title' => _x( 'About', 'Theme starter content' ),
+				'post_content' => _x( 'You might be an artist who would like to introduce yourself and your work here or maybe you’re a business with a mission to describe.', 'Theme starter content' ),
 			),
-			'contact-us' => array(
+			'contact' => array(
 				'post_type' => 'page',
-				'post_title' => _x( 'Contact Us', 'Theme starter content' ),
-				'post_content' => _x( 'Call us at 999-999-9999.', 'Theme starter content' ),
+				'post_title' => _x( 'Contact', 'Theme starter content' ),
+				'post_content' => _x( 'This is a page with some basic contact information, such as an address and phone number. You might also try a plugin to add a contact form.', 'Theme starter content' ),
 			),
 			'blog' => array(
 				'post_type' => 'page',
 				'post_title' => _x( 'Blog', 'Theme starter content' ),
 			),
+			'news' => array(
+				'post_type' => 'page',
+				'post_title' => _x( 'News', 'Theme starter content' ),
+			),
 
 			'homepage-section' => array(
 				'post_type' => 'page',
 				'post_title' => _x( 'A homepage section', 'Theme starter content' ),
-				'post_content' => _x( 'This is an example of a homepage section, which are managed in theme options.', 'Theme starter content' ),
+				'post_content' => _x( 'This is an example of a homepage section. Homepage sections can be any page other than the homepage itself, including the page that shows your latest blog posts.', 'Theme starter content' ),
 			),
 		),
 	);
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 6704ba0e8d..2aae75c913 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.7-beta3-39259';
+$wp_version = '4.7-beta3-39260';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.