Index: wp-includes/category-template.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/category-template.php	(revision 11699)
+++ wp-includes/category-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -287,12 +287,12 @@
 /**
  * Retrieve category description.
  *
- * @since 1.0.0
+ * @since 2.9.0 
  *
  * @param int $category Optional. Category ID. Will use global category ID by default.
  * @return string Category description, available.
  */
-function category_description( $category = 0 ) {
+function get_category_description( $category = 0 ) {
 	return term_description( $category, 'category' );
 }
 
@@ -806,12 +806,12 @@
 /**
  * Retrieve tag description.
  *
- * @since 2.8
+ * @since 2.9.0
  *
  * @param int $tag Optional. Tag ID. Will use global tag ID by default.
  * @return string Tag description, available.
  */
-function tag_description( $tag = 0 ) {
+function get_tag_description( $tag = 0 ) {
 	return term_description( $tag );
 }
 
Index: wp-includes/deprecated.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/deprecated.php	(revision 11699)
+++ wp-includes/deprecated.php	(working copy)
@@ -1690,4 +1690,34 @@
 	the_author_meta('ID');
 }
 
+/** 
+* Retrieve category description. 
+* 
+* @since 1.0.0 
+* @deprecated 2.9.0 
+* @deprecated Use get_category_description($category) 
+* 
+* @param int $category Optional. Category ID. Will use global category ID by default. 
+* @return string Category description, available. 
+*/ 
+function category_description( $category = 0 ) { 
+	_deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.9.0', 'get_category_description()' ); 
+	return get_category_description($category); 
+} 
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve tag description.
+ *
+ * @since 2.8.0
+ * @deprecated 2.9.0 
+ * @deprecated Use get_tag_description($tag)
+ *
+ * @param int $tag Optional. Tag ID. Will use global tag ID by default.
+ * @return string Tag description, available.
+ */
+function tag_description( $tag = 0 ) { 
+	_deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.9.0', 'get_tag_description()' ); 
+	return get_tag_description($tag); 
+} 
+
 ?>
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