diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index 2035107c28..40afa7b78c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $messages['post'] = array(
 	 7 => __('Post saved.'),
 	 8 => sprintf( __('Post submitted. <a target="_blank" href="%s">Preview post</a>'), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),
 	 9 => sprintf( __('Post scheduled for: <strong>%1$s</strong>. <a target="_blank" href="%2$s">Preview post</a>'),
-		// translators: Publish box date format, see http://php.net/date
+		/* translators: Publish box date format, see http://php.net/date */
 		date_i18n( __( 'M j, Y @ G:i' ), strtotime( $post->post_date ) ), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
 	10 => sprintf( __('Post draft updated. <a target="_blank" href="%s">Preview post</a>'), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),
 );
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
index 18a0a74ca8..3d0ebf5104 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
 
 <div class="misc-pub-section curtime misc-pub-curtime">
 <?php
-// translators: Publish box date format, see http://php.net/date
+/* translators: Publish box date format, see http://php.net/date */
 $datef = __( 'M j, Y @ G:i' );
 $stamp = __('Submitted on: <b>%1$s</b>');
 $date = date_i18n( $datef, strtotime( $comment->comment_date ) );
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php b/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
index 5900755c4c..18970fdd5a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ echo esc_html( $visibility_trans ); ?></span>
 </div><!-- .misc-pub-section -->
 
 <?php
-// translators: Publish box date format, see http://php.net/date
+/* translators: Publish box date format, see http://php.net/date */
 $datef = __( 'M j, Y @ G:i' );
 if ( 0 != $post->ID ) {
 	if ( 'future' == $post->post_status ) { // scheduled for publishing at a future date
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ function attachment_submit_meta_box( $post ) {
 
 <div id="misc-publishing-actions">
 	<?php
-	// translators: Publish box date format, see http://php.net/date
+	/* translators: Publish box date format, see http://php.net/date */
 	$datef = __( 'M j, Y @ G:i' );
 	$stamp = __('Uploaded on: <b>%1$s</b>');
 	$date = date_i18n( $datef, strtotime( $post->post_date ) );