Index: wp-admin/options-general.php
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--- wp-admin/options-general.php	(revision 40668)
+++ wp-admin/options-general.php	(working copy)
@@ -74,8 +74,15 @@
 <th scope="row"><label for="home"><?php _e('Site Address (URL)') ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="home" type="url" id="home" aria-describedby="home-description" value="<?php form_option( 'home' ); ?>"<?php disabled( defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ); ?> class="regular-text code<?php if ( defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ) echo ' disabled' ?>" />
 <?php if ( ! defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ) : ?>
-<p class="description" id="home-description"><?php _e( 'Enter the address here if you <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory">want your site home page to be different from your WordPress installation directory.</a>' ); ?></p></td>
+<p class="description" id="home-description"><?php
+	printf(
+		/* translators: %s: Codex URL */
+		__( 'Enter the address here if you <a href="%s">want your site home page to be different from your WordPress installation directory.</a>',
+		__( 'https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory' )
+	);
+?></p>
 <?php endif; ?>
+</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <th scope="row"><label for="admin_email"><?php _e('Email Address') ?> </label></th>
Index: wp-admin/options-permalink.php
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--- wp-admin/options-permalink.php	(revision 40668)
+++ wp-admin/options-permalink.php	(working copy)
@@ -158,7 +158,13 @@
 <form name="form" action="options-permalink.php" method="post">
 <?php wp_nonce_field('update-permalink') ?>
 
-  <p><?php _e( 'WordPress offers you the ability to create a custom URL structure for your permalinks and archives. Custom URL structures can improve the aesthetics, usability, and forward-compatibility of your links. A <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks">number of tags are available</a>, and here are some examples to get you started.' ); ?></p>
+	<p><?php
+		printf(
+			/* translators: %s: Codex URL */
+			__( 'WordPress offers you the ability to create a custom URL structure for your permalinks and archives. Custom URL structures can improve the aesthetics, usability, and forward-compatibility of your links. A <a href="%s">number of tags are available</a>, and here are some examples to get you started.' ),
+			__( 'https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks' )
+		);
+	?></p>
 
 <?php
 if ( is_multisite() && ! is_subdomain_install() && is_main_site() && 0 === strpos( $permalink_structure, '/blog/' ) ) {
@@ -235,19 +241,48 @@
 <?php if ( $iis7_permalinks ) :
 	if ( isset($_POST['submit']) && $permalink_structure && ! $using_index_permalinks && ! $writable ) :
 		if ( file_exists($home_path . 'web.config') ) : ?>
-<p><?php _e('If your <code>web.config</code> file were <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions">writable</a>, we could do this automatically, but it isn&#8217;t so this is the url rewrite rule you should have in your <code>web.config</code> file. Click in the field and press <kbd>CTRL + a</kbd> to select all. Then insert this rule inside of the <code>/&lt;configuration&gt;/&lt;system.webServer&gt;/&lt;rewrite&gt;/&lt;rules&gt;</code> element in <code>web.config</code> file.') ?></p>
+<p><?php
+	printf(
+		/* translators: 1: web.config 2: Codex URL 3: CTRL + a 4: Element code */
+		__( 'If your %1$s file were <a href="%2$s">writable</a>, we could do this automatically, but it isn&#8217;t so this is the url rewrite rule you should have in your %1$s file. Click in the field and press %3$s to select all. Then insert this rule inside of the %4$s element in %1$s file.' ),
+		'<code>web.config</code>',
+		__( 'https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions' ),
+		'<kbd>CTRL + a</kbd>'
+		'<code>/&lt;configuration&gt;/&lt;system.webServer&gt;/&lt;rewrite&gt;/&lt;rules&gt;</code>'
+	);
+?></p>
 <form action="options-permalink.php" method="post">
 <?php wp_nonce_field('update-permalink') ?>
 	<p><textarea rows="9" class="large-text readonly" name="rules" id="rules" readonly="readonly"><?php echo esc_textarea( $wp_rewrite->iis7_url_rewrite_rules() ); ?></textarea></p>
 </form>
-<p><?php _e('If you temporarily make your <code>web.config</code> file writable for us to generate rewrite rules automatically, do not forget to revert the permissions after rule has been saved.') ?></p>
+<p><?php
+	printf(
+		/* translators: %s: web.config */
+		__( 'If you temporarily make your %s file writable for us to generate rewrite rules automatically, do not forget to revert the permissions after rule has been saved.' ),
+		'<code>web.config</code>',
+	);
+?></p>
 		<?php else : ?>
-<p><?php _e('If the root directory of your site were <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions">writable</a>, we could do this automatically, but it isn&#8217;t so this is the url rewrite rule you should have in your <code>web.config</code> file. Create a new file, called <code>web.config</code> in the root directory of your site. Click in the field and press <kbd>CTRL + a</kbd> to select all. Then insert this code into the <code>web.config</code> file.') ?></p>
+<p><?php
+	printf(
+		/* translators: 1: Codex URL 2: web.config 3: CTRL + a */
+		__( 'If the root directory of your site were <a href="%1$s">writable</a>, we could do this automatically, but it isn&#8217;t so this is the url rewrite rule you should have in your %2$s file. Create a new file, called %2$s in the root directory of your site. Click in the field and press %3$s to select all. Then insert this code into the %2$s file.' ),
+		__( 'https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions' ),
+		'<code>web.config</code>',
+		'<kbd>CTRL + a</kbd>'
+	);
+?></p>
 <form action="options-permalink.php" method="post">
 <?php wp_nonce_field('update-permalink') ?>
 	<p><textarea rows="18" class="large-text readonly" name="rules" id="rules" readonly="readonly"><?php echo esc_textarea( $wp_rewrite->iis7_url_rewrite_rules(true) ); ?></textarea></p>
 </form>
-<p><?php _e('If you temporarily make your site&#8217;s root directory writable for us to generate the <code>web.config</code> file automatically, do not forget to revert the permissions after the file has been created.') ?></p>
+<p><?php
+	printf(
+		/* translators: %s: web.config */
+		__( 'If you temporarily make your site&#8217;s root directory writable for us to generate the %s file automatically, do not forget to revert the permissions after the file has been created.' ),
+		'<code>web.config</code>',
+	);
+?></p>
 		<?php endif; ?>
 	<?php endif; ?>
 <?php elseif ( $is_nginx ) : ?>
@@ -254,7 +289,15 @@
 	<p><?php _e( '<a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Nginx">Documentation on Nginx configuration</a>.' ); ?></p>
 <?php else:
 	if ( $permalink_structure && ! $using_index_permalinks && ! $writable && $update_required ) : ?>
-<p><?php _e('If your <code>.htaccess</code> file were <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions">writable</a>, we could do this automatically, but it isn&#8217;t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your <code>.htaccess</code> file. Click in the field and press <kbd>CTRL + a</kbd> to select all.') ?></p>
+<p><?php
+	printf(
+		/* translators: 1: .htaccess 2: Codex URL 3: CTRL + a */
+		__( 'If your %1$s file were <a href="%2$s">writable</a>, we could do this automatically, but it isn&#8217;t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your %1$s file. Click in the field and press %3$s to select all.' ),
+		'<code>.htaccess</code>',
+		__( 'https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions' ),
+		'<kbd>CTRL + a</kbd>'
+	);
+?></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>
Index: wp-admin/options-writing.php
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--- wp-admin/options-writing.php	(revision 40668)
+++ wp-admin/options-writing.php	(working copy)
@@ -168,13 +168,26 @@
 
 <?php if ( 1 == get_option('blog_public') ) : ?>
 
-<p><label for="ping_sites"><?php _e( 'When you publish a new post, WordPress automatically notifies the following site update services. For more about this, see <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services">Update Services</a> on the Codex. Separate multiple service URLs with line breaks.' ) ?></label></p>
+<p><label for="ping_sites"><?php
+	printf(
+		/* translators: %s: Codex URL */
+		__( 'When you publish a new post, WordPress automatically notifies the following site update services. For more about this, see <a href="%s">Update Services</a> on the Codex. Separate multiple service URLs with line breaks.' ),
+		__( 'https://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services' )
+	);
+?></label></p>
 
 <textarea name="ping_sites" id="ping_sites" class="large-text code" rows="3"><?php echo esc_textarea( get_option('ping_sites') ); ?></textarea>
 
 <?php else : ?>
 
-	<p><?php printf(__('WordPress is not notifying any <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services">Update Services</a> because of your site&#8217;s <a href="%s">visibility settings</a>.'), 'options-reading.php'); ?></p>
+	<p><?php
+		printf(
+			/* translators: 1: Codex URL. 2: Path to visibility settings. */
+			__( 'WordPress is not notifying any <a href="%1$s">Update Services</a> because of your site&#8217;s <a href="%2$s">visibility settings</a>.' ),
+			__( 'https://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services' ),
+			'options-reading.php'
+		);
+	?></p>
 
 <?php endif; ?>
 <?php } // multisite ?>