diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 641054faf0..0aa869652e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -1028,19 +1028,22 @@ function balanceTags( $text, $force = false ) {
  * @return string Balanced text.
  */
 function force_balance_tags( $text ) {
-	$tagstack = array(); $stacksize = 0; $tagqueue = ''; $newtext = '';
-	$single_tags = array('br', 'hr', 'img', 'input'); //Known single-entity/self-closing tags
-	$nestable_tags = array('blockquote', 'div', 'span'); //Tags that can be immediately nested within themselves
+	$tagstack = array();
+	$stacksize = 0;
+	$tagqueue = '';
+	$newtext = '';
+	$single_tags = array('br', 'hr', 'img', 'input'); // Known single-entity/self-closing tags
+	$nestable_tags = array('blockquote', 'div', 'span'); // Tags that can be immediately nested within themselves
 
-	# WP bug fix for comments - in case you REALLY meant to type '< !--'
+	// WP bug fix for comments - in case you REALLY meant to type '< !--'
 	$text = str_replace('< !--', '<    !--', $text);
-	# WP bug fix for LOVE <3 (and other situations with '<' before a number)
+	// WP bug fix for LOVE <3 (and other situations with '<' before a number)
 	$text = preg_replace('#<([0-9]{1})#', '&lt;$1', $text);
 
-	while (preg_match("/<(\/?[\w:]*)\s*([^>]*)>/",$text,$regex)) {
+	while ( preg_match("/<(\/?[\w:]*)\s*([^>]*)>/", $text, $regex) ) {
 		$newtext .= $tagqueue;
 
-		$i = strpos($text,$regex[0]);
+		$i = strpos($text, $regex[0]);
 		$l = strlen($regex[0]);
 
 		// clear the shifter
@@ -1049,22 +1052,22 @@ function force_balance_tags( $text ) {
 		if ( isset($regex[1][0]) && '/' == $regex[1][0] ) { // End Tag
 			$tag = strtolower(substr($regex[1],1));
 			// if too many closing tags
-			if($stacksize <= 0) {
+			if( $stacksize <= 0 ) {
 				$tag = '';
-				//or close to be safe $tag = '/' . $tag;
+				// or close to be safe $tag = '/' . $tag;
 			}
 			// if stacktop value = tag close value then pop
-			else if ($tagstack[$stacksize - 1] == $tag) { // found closing tag
+			else if ( $tagstack[$stacksize - 1] == $tag ) { // found closing tag
 				$tag = '</' . $tag . '>'; // Close Tag
 				// Pop
-				array_pop ($tagstack);
+				array_pop( $tagstack );
 				$stacksize--;
 			} else { // closing tag not at top, search for it
-				for ($j=$stacksize-1;$j>=0;$j--) {
-					if ($tagstack[$j] == $tag) {
+				for ( $j = $stacksize-1; $j >= 0; $j-- ) {
+					if ( $tagstack[$j] == $tag ) {
 					// add tag to tagqueue
-						for ($k=$stacksize-1;$k>=$j;$k--){
-							$tagqueue .= '</' . array_pop ($tagstack) . '>';
+						for ( $k = $stacksize-1; $k >= $j; $k--) {
+							$tagqueue .= '</' . array_pop( $tagstack ) . '>';
 							$stacksize--;
 						}
 						break;
@@ -1078,14 +1081,15 @@ function force_balance_tags( $text ) {
 			// Tag Cleaning
 
 			// If self-closing or '', don't do anything.
-			if((substr($regex[2],-1) == '/') || ($tag == '')) {
+			if ( substr($regex[2],-1) == '/' || $tag == '' ) {
+				// do nothing
 			}
 			// ElseIf it's a known single-entity tag but it doesn't close itself, do so
 			elseif ( in_array($tag, $single_tags) ) {
 				$regex[2] .= '/';
 			} else {	// Push the tag onto the stack
 				// If the top of the stack is the same as the tag we want to push, close previous tag
-				if (($stacksize > 0) && !in_array($tag, $nestable_tags) && ($tagstack[$stacksize - 1] == $tag)) {
+				if ( $stacksize > 0 && !in_array($tag, $nestable_tags) && $tagstack[$stacksize - 1] == $tag ) {
 					$tagqueue = '</' . array_pop ($tagstack) . '>';
 					$stacksize--;
 				}
@@ -1094,18 +1098,18 @@ function force_balance_tags( $text ) {
 
 			// Attributes
 			$attributes = $regex[2];
-			if($attributes) {
+			if( !empty($attributes) )
 				$attributes = ' '.$attributes;
-			}
-			$tag = '<'.$tag.$attributes.'>';
+
+			$tag = '<' . $tag . $attributes . '>';
 			//If already queuing a close tag, then put this tag on, too
-			if ($tagqueue) {
+			if ( !empty($tagqueue) ) {
 				$tagqueue .= $tag;
 				$tag = '';
 			}
 		}
-		$newtext .= substr($text,0,$i) . $tag;
-		$text = substr($text,$i+$l);
+		$newtext .= substr($text, 0, $i) . $tag;
+		$text = substr($text, $i + $l);
 	}
 
 	// Clear Tag Queue
@@ -1115,9 +1119,8 @@ function force_balance_tags( $text ) {
 	$newtext .= $text;
 
 	// Empty Stack
-	while($x = array_pop($tagstack)) {
+	while( $x = array_pop($tagstack) )
 		$newtext .= '</' . $x . '>'; // Add remaining tags to close
-	}
 
 	// WP fix for the bug with HTML comments
 	$newtext = str_replace("< !--","<!--",$newtext);