diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php
index 937689bdf0..67c8ac1271 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ final class WP_Customize_Manager {
 		 *
 		 * This allows Core components to be excluded from being instantiated by
 		 * filtering them out of the array. Note that this filter generally runs
-		 * during the <code>plugins_loaded</code> action, so it cannot be added
+		 * during the `plugins_loaded` action, so it cannot be added
 		 * in a theme.
 		 *
 		 * @since 4.4.0
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ final class WP_Customize_Manager {
 		 *
 		 * Fires when the {@see WP_Customize_Manager::set_post_value()} method is called.
 		 *
-		 * This is useful for <code>WP_Customize_Setting</code> instances to watch
+		 * This is useful for `WP_Customize_Setting` instances to watch
 		 * in order to update a cached previewed value.
 		 *
 		 * @since 4.4.0
diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php
index 4593729886..9f72966734 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class WP_Customize_Setting {
 	 * Clear out the previewed-applied flag for a multidimensional-aggregated value whenever its post value is updated.
 	 *
 	 * This ensures that the new value will get sanitized and used the next time
-	 * that <code>WP_Customize_Setting::_multidimensional_preview_filter()</code>
+	 * that `WP_Customize_Setting::_multidimensional_preview_filter()`
 	 * is called for this setting.
 	 *
 	 * @since 4.4.0
diff --git a/wp-includes/nav-menu.php b/wp-includes/nav-menu.php
index 9627d27edb..e2f0a1a26b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/nav-menu.php
+++ b/wp-includes/nav-menu.php
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ function is_nav_menu_item( $menu_item_id = 0 ) {
 /**
  * Creates a navigation menu.
  *
- * Note that <code>$menu_name</code> is expected to be pre-slashed.
+ * Note that `$menu_name` is expected to be pre-slashed.
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  *
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ function wp_delete_nav_menu( $menu ) {
 /**
  * Save the properties of a menu or create a new menu with those properties.
  *
- * Note that <code>$menu_data</code> is expected to be pre-slashed.
+ * Note that `$menu_data` is expected to be pre-slashed.
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  *
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ function wp_update_nav_menu_object( $menu_id = 0, $menu_data = array() ) {
  * Save the properties of a menu item or create a new one.
  *
  * The menu-item-title, menu-item-description, and menu-item-attr-title are expected
- * to be pre-slashed since they are passed directly into <code>wp_insert_post()</code>.
+ * to be pre-slashed since they are passed directly into `wp_insert_post()`.
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  *
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index df70e95e95..d8dc638801 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.5-alpha-36644';
+$wp_version = '4.5-alpha-36645';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.