Index: wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
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--- wp-admin/edit-page-form.php	(revision 11741)
+++ wp-admin/edit-page-form.php	(working copy)
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 	} ?>
 <h5><?php _e('Order') ?></h5>
 <p><label class="screen-reader-text" for="menu_order"><?php _e('Page Order') ?></label><input name="menu_order" type="text" size="4" id="menu_order" value="<?php echo esc_attr($post->menu_order) ?>" /></p>
-<p><?php _e('Pages are usually ordered alphabetically, but you can put a number above to change the order pages appear in. (We know this is a little janky, it&#8217;ll be better in future releases.)'); ?></p>
+<p><?php _e('Pages are usually ordered alphabetically, but you can put a number above to change the order pages appear in.'); ?></p>
 <?php
 }
 add_meta_box('pageparentdiv', __('Attributes'), 'page_attributes_meta_box', 'page', 'side', 'core');
@@ -330,9 +330,8 @@
 <input name="advanced_view" type="hidden" value="1" />
 <p><label for="comment_status" class="selectit">
 <input name="comment_status" type="checkbox" id="comment_status" value="open" <?php checked($post->comment_status, 'open'); ?> />
-<?php _e('Allow Comments') ?></label></p>
-<p><label for="ping_status" class="selectit"><input name="ping_status" type="checkbox" id="ping_status" value="open" <?php checked($post->ping_status, 'open'); ?> /> <?php _e('Allow Pings') ?></label></p>
-<p><?php _e('These settings apply to this page only. &#8220;Pings&#8221; are <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Managing_Comments" target="_blank">trackbacks and pingbacks</a>.'); ?></p>
+<?php _e('Allow comments on this page.') ?></label></p>
+<p><label for="ping_status" class="selectit"><input name="ping_status" type="checkbox" id="ping_status" value="open" <?php checked($post->ping_status, 'open'); ?> /> <?php _e('Allow '); echo('<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Managing_Comments" target="_blank">'); _e('trackbacks and pingbacks'); echo('</a> on this page.'); ?></label></p>
 <?php
 }
 add_meta_box('pagecommentstatusdiv', __('Discussion'), 'page_comments_status_meta_box', 'page', 'normal', 'core');