Index: wp-includes/l10n.php
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--- wp-includes/l10n.php	(revision 25008)
+++ wp-includes/l10n.php	(working copy)
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Displays translated string with gettext context and escapes it for safe use in an attribute.
+ * Retrieves the translation of $text with gettext context and
+ * escapes it for safe use in an attribute. If there is no translation,
+ * or the domain isn't loaded, the original text is returned.
  *
  * @see esc_attr()
  * @since 2.8.0
@@ -221,7 +223,9 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Displays translated string with gettext context and escapes it for safe use in HTML output.
+ * Retrieves the translation of $text with gettext context and
+ * escapes it for safe use in HTML output. If there is no translation,
+ * or the domain isn't loaded, the original text is returned.
  *
  * @see esc_html()
  * @since 2.9.0