diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index dda32611e4..9088937094 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -2921,7 +2921,7 @@ function wp_nonce_ays( $action ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Kill WordPress execution and display HTML message with error message.
+ * Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.
  *
  * This function complements the `die()` PHP function. The difference is that
  * HTML will be displayed to the user. It is recommended to use this function
@@ -3013,10 +3013,10 @@ function wp_die( $message = '', $title = '', $args = array() ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Kills WordPress execution and display HTML message with error message.
+ * Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.
  *
- * This is the default handler for wp_die if you want a custom one for your
- * site then you can overload using the {@see 'wp_die_handler'} filter in wp_die().
+ * This is the default handler for wp_die(). If you want a custom one,
+ * you can override this using the {@see 'wp_die_handler'} filter in wp_die().
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  * @access private
@@ -3210,9 +3210,9 @@ function _default_wp_die_handler( $message, $title = '', $args = array() ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Kill WordPress execution and display JSON message with error message.
+ * Kills WordPress execution and displays JSON response with an error message.
  *
- * This is the handler for wp_die when processing JSON requests.
+ * This is the handler for wp_die() when processing JSON requests.
  *
  * @since 5.1.0
  * @access private
@@ -3248,9 +3248,9 @@ function _json_wp_die_handler( $message, $title = '', $args = array() ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Kill WordPress execution and display XML message with error message.
+ * Kills WordPress execution and displays XML response with an error message.
  *
- * This is the handler for wp_die when processing XMLRPC requests.
+ * This is the handler for wp_die() when processing XMLRPC requests.
  *
  * @since 3.2.0
  * @access private
@@ -3280,9 +3280,9 @@ function _xmlrpc_wp_die_handler( $message, $title = '', $args = array() ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Kill WordPress ajax execution.
+ * Kills WordPress execution and displays Ajax response with an error message.
  *
- * This is the handler for wp_die when processing Ajax requests.
+ * This is the handler for wp_die() when processing Ajax requests.
  *
  * @since 3.4.0
  * @access private
@@ -3322,9 +3322,9 @@ function _ajax_wp_die_handler( $message, $title = '', $args = array() ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Kill WordPress execution.
+ * Kills WordPress execution and displays an error message.
  *
- * This is the handler for wp_die when processing APP requests.
+ * This is the handler for wp_die() when processing APP requests.
  *
  * @since 3.4.0
  * @since 5.1.0 Added the $title and $args parameters.
@@ -3350,7 +3350,7 @@ function _scalar_wp_die_handler( $message = '', $title = '', $args = array() ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Processes arguments passed to {@see wp_die()} consistently for its handlers.
+ * Processes arguments passed to wp_die() consistently for its handlers.
  *
  * @since 5.1.0
  * @access private
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 9c6066c214..0e3de72f73 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.2-alpha-44920';
+$wp_version = '5.2-alpha-44921';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.