Index: wp-admin/options-permalink.php
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--- wp-admin/options-permalink.php	(revision 24731)
+++ wp-admin/options-permalink.php	(working copy)
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@
 	jQuery('#permalink_structure').focus(function() {
 		jQuery("#custom_selection").attr('checked', 'checked');
 	});
+	jQuery('#rules').on('focus',function(ev){
+		jQuery(this).select();
+		jQuery(this).on('mouseup', function(ev){
+			jQuery(this).unbind('mouseup');
+			return false;
+		});
+	});
 });
 //]]>
 </script>
@@ -271,7 +278,7 @@
 	<?php endif; ?>
 <?php else :
 	if ( $permalink_structure && ! $usingpi && ! $writable ) : ?>
-<p><?php _e('If your <code>.htaccess</code> file were <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions">writable</a>, we could do this automatically, but it isn&#8217;t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your <code>.htaccess</code> file. Click in the field and press <kbd>CTRL + a</kbd> to select all.') ?></p>
+<p><?php _e( 'If your <code>.htaccess</code> file were <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions">writable</a>, we could do this automatically, but it isn&#8217;t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your <code>.htaccess</code> file. Click in the field to select all.' ); ?></p>
 <form action="options-permalink.php" method="post">
 <?php wp_nonce_field('update-permalink') ?>
 	<p><textarea rows="6" class="large-text readonly" name="rules" id="rules" readonly="readonly"><?php echo esc_textarea( $wp_rewrite->mod_rewrite_rules() ); ?></textarea></p>