diff --git src/wp-settings.php src/wp-settings.php
index 38b03ecf72..ad2179c1bf 100644
--- src/wp-settings.php
+++ src/wp-settings.php
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/fonts/class-wp-font-face-resolver.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/fonts/class-wp-font-face.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/fonts.php';
 
+/**
+ * @global WP_Embed $wp_embed
+ */
 $GLOBALS['wp_embed'] = new WP_Embed();
 
 /**
@@ -390,6 +393,9 @@ if ( is_multisite() ) {
 // Define must-use plugin directory constants, which may be overridden in the sunrise.php drop-in.
 wp_plugin_directory_constants();
 
+/**
+ * @global array $wp_plugin_paths
+ */
 $GLOBALS['wp_plugin_paths'] = array();
 
 // Load must-use plugins.
diff --git src/xmlrpc.php src/xmlrpc.php
index b37abde3c2..e0ba531dec 100644
--- src/xmlrpc.php
+++ src/xmlrpc.php
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ exit;
  *
  * @param string $io Whether input or output
  * @param string $msg Information describing logging reason.
+ * @global xmlrpc_logging
  */
 function logIO( $io, $msg ) {
 	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.4.0', 'error_log()' );