diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-links-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-links-list-table.php
index 09e3e5f83e..627d5be491 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-links-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-links-list-table.php
@@ -105,12 +105,7 @@ class WP_Links_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 			$link->link_name = esc_attr( $link->link_name );
 			$link->link_category = wp_get_link_cats( $link->link_id );
 
-			$short_url = str_replace( 'http://', '', $link->link_url );
-			$short_url = preg_replace( '/^www\./i', '', $short_url );
-			if ( '/' == substr( $short_url, -1 ) )
-				$short_url = substr( $short_url, 0, -1 );
-			if ( strlen( $short_url ) > 35 )
-				$short_url = substr( $short_url, 0, 32 ).'...';
+			$short_url = url_shorten( $link->link_url );
 
 			$visible = ( $link->link_visible == 'Y' ) ? __( 'Yes' ) : __( 'No' );
 			$rating  = $link->link_rating;
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php
index 9e80033493..f46a572002 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php
@@ -171,13 +171,7 @@ class WP_Users_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 			$user_object = new WP_User( (int) $user_object );
 		$user_object = sanitize_user_object( $user_object, 'display' );
 		$email = $user_object->user_email;
-		$url = $user_object->user_url;
-		$short_url = str_replace( 'http://', '', $url );
-		$short_url = str_replace( 'www.', '', $short_url );
-		if ( '/' == substr( $short_url, -1 ) )
-			$short_url = substr( $short_url, 0, -1 );
-		if ( strlen( $short_url ) > 35 )
-			$short_url = substr( $short_url, 0, 32 ).'...';
+
 		$checkbox = '';
 		// Check if the user for this row is editable
 		if ( current_user_can( 'list_users' ) ) {
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/misc.php b/wp-admin/includes/misc.php
index 980e17a185..50ecd1883b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/misc.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/misc.php
@@ -212,12 +212,12 @@ add_action( 'update_option_home', 'update_home_siteurl', 10, 2 );
 add_action( 'update_option_siteurl', 'update_home_siteurl', 10, 2 );
 
 /**
- * {@internal Missing Short Description}}
+ * Shorten an URL, to be used as link text
  *
- * @since unknown
+ * @since 1.2.1
  *
- * @param unknown_type $url
- * @return unknown
+ * @param string $url
+ * @return string
  */
 function url_shorten( $url ) {
 	$short_url = str_replace( 'http://', '', stripslashes( $url ));