Index: wp-includes/comment-template.php
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--- wp-includes/comment-template.php	(revision 21845)
+++ wp-includes/comment-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -1521,9 +1521,9 @@
 	$req = get_option( 'require_name_email' );
 	$aria_req = ( $req ? " aria-required='true'" : '' );
 	$fields =  array(
-		'author' => '<p class="comment-form-author">' . '<label for="author">' . __( 'Name' ) . '</label> ' . ( $req ? '<span class="required">*</span>' : '' ) .
+		'author' => '<p class="comment-form-author">' . '<label for="author">' . __( 'Name' ) . ( $req ? ' <span class="required">*</span>' : '' ) . '</label> ' .
 		            '<input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author'] ) . '" size="30"' . $aria_req . ' /></p>',
-		'email'  => '<p class="comment-form-email"><label for="email">' . __( 'Email' ) . '</label> ' . ( $req ? '<span class="required">*</span>' : '' ) .
+		'email'  => '<p class="comment-form-email"><label for="email">' . __( 'Email' ) . ( $req ? ' <span class="required">*</span>' : '' ) . '</label> ' .
 		            '<input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="' . esc_attr(  $commenter['comment_author_email'] ) . '" size="30"' . $aria_req . ' /></p>',
 		'url'    => '<p class="comment-form-url"><label for="url">' . __( 'Website' ) . '</label>' .
 		            '<input id="url" name="url" type="text" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_url'] ) . '" size="30" /></p>',