diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
index 87fdbbc788..24efd82f88 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ do_action($taxonomy . '_pre_edit_form', $tag, $taxonomy); ?>
 		<tr class="form-field">
 			<th scope="row" valign="top"><label for="parent"><?php _ex('Parent', 'Taxonomy Parent'); ?></label></th>
 			<td>
-				<?php wp_dropdown_categories(array('hide_empty' => 0, 'hide_if_empty' => false, 'name' => 'parent', 'orderby' => 'name', 'taxonomy' => $taxonomy, 'selected' => $tag->parent, 'exclude_tree' => $tag->term_id, 'hierarchical' => true, 'show_option_none' => __('None'))); ?><br />
+				<?php wp_dropdown_categories(array('hide_empty' => 0, 'hide_if_empty' => false, 'name' => 'parent', 'orderby' => 'name', 'taxonomy' => $taxonomy, 'selected' => $tag->parent, 'exclude_tree' => $tag->term_id, 'hierarchical' => true, 'show_option_none' => __('None'))); ?>
 				<?php if ( 'category' == $taxonomy ) : ?>
-				<span class="description"><?php _e('Categories, unlike tags, can have a hierarchy. You might have a Jazz category, and under that have children categories for Bebop and Big Band. Totally optional.'); ?></span>
+				<p class="description"><?php _e('Categories, unlike tags, can have a hierarchy. You might have a Jazz category, and under that have children categories for Bebop and Big Band. Totally optional.'); ?></p>
 				<?php endif; ?>
 			</td>
 		</tr>
 <?php endif; // is_taxonomy_hierarchical() ?>
 		<tr class="form-field">
 			<th scope="row" valign="top"><label for="description"><?php _ex('Description', 'Taxonomy Description'); ?></label></th>
-			<td><textarea name="description" id="description" rows="5" cols="50" style="width: 97%;"><?php echo $tag->description; // textarea_escaped ?></textarea><br />
+			<td><textarea name="description" id="description" rows="5" cols="50" class="large-text"><?php echo $tag->description; // textarea_escaped ?></textarea><br />
 			<span class="description"><?php _e('The description is not prominent by default, however some themes may show it.'); ?></span></td>
 		</tr>
 		<?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/export.php b/wp-admin/export.php
index 839ceefcce..8257b5187b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/export.php
+++ b/wp-admin/export.php
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ function export_date_options( $post_type = 'post' ) {
 <h3><?php _e( 'Choose what to export' ); ?></h3>
 <form action="" method="get" id="export-filters">
 <input type="hidden" name="download" value="true" />
-<p><label><input type="radio" name="content" value="all" checked="checked" /> <?php _e( 'All content' ); ?></label>
-<span class="description"><?php _e( 'This will contain all of your posts, pages, comments, custom fields, terms, navigation menus and custom posts.' ); ?></span></p>
+<p><label><input type="radio" name="content" value="all" checked="checked" /> <?php _e( 'All content' ); ?></label></p>
+<p class="description"><?php _e( 'This will contain all of your posts, pages, comments, custom fields, terms, navigation menus and custom posts.' ); ?></p>
 
 <p><label><input type="radio" name="content" value="posts" /> <?php _e( 'Posts' ); ?></label></p>
 <ul id="post-filters" class="export-filters">
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-general.php b/wp-admin/options-general.php
index a4649b8b33..d8a8b805ff 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-general.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-general.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ include('./admin-header.php');
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="blogdescription"><?php _e('Tagline') ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="blogdescription" type="text" id="blogdescription" value="<?php form_option('blogdescription'); ?>" class="regular-text" />
-<span class="description"><?php _e('In a few words, explain what this site is about.') ?></span></td>
+<p class="description"><?php _e('In a few words, explain what this site is about.') ?></p></td>
 </tr>
 <?php if ( !is_multisite() ) { ?>
 <tr valign="top">
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ include('./admin-header.php');
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="home"><?php _e('Site Address (URL)') ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="home" type="text" id="home" value="<?php form_option('home'); ?>"<?php disabled( defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ); ?> class="regular-text code<?php if ( defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ) echo ' disabled' ?>" />
-<span class="description"><?php _e('Enter the address here if you want your site homepage <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory">to be different from the directory</a> you installed WordPress.'); ?></span></td>
+<p class="description"><?php _e('Enter the address here if you want your site homepage <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory">to be different from the directory</a> you installed WordPress.'); ?></p></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="admin_email"><?php _e('E-mail Address') ?> </label></th>
 <td><input name="admin_email" type="text" id="admin_email" value="<?php form_option('admin_email'); ?>" class="regular-text ltr" />
-<span class="description"><?php _e('This address is used for admin purposes, like new user notification.') ?></span></td>
+<p class="description"><?php _e('This address is used for admin purposes, like new user notification.') ?></p></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><?php _e('Membership') ?></th>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ include('./admin-header.php');
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="new_admin_email"><?php _e('E-mail Address') ?> </label></th>
 <td><input name="new_admin_email" type="text" id="new_admin_email" value="<?php form_option('admin_email'); ?>" class="regular-text ltr" />
-<span class="description"><?php _e('This address is used for admin purposes. If you change this we will send you an e-mail at your new address to confirm it. <strong>The new address will not become active until confirmed.</strong>') ?></span>
+<p class="description"><?php _e('This address is used for admin purposes. If you change this we will send you an e-mail at your new address to confirm it. <strong>The new address will not become active until confirmed.</strong>') ?></p>
 <?php
 $new_admin_email = get_option( 'new_admin_email' );
 if ( $new_admin_email && $new_admin_email != get_option('admin_email') ) : ?>
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ if ( empty($tzstring) ) { // Create a UTC+- zone if no timezone string exists
 <?php if ( get_option('timezone_string') || !empty($current_offset) ) : ?>
 	<span id="local-time"><?php printf(__('Local time is <code>%1$s</code>'), date_i18n($timezone_format)); ?></span>
 <?php endif; ?>
-<br />
-<span class="description"><?php _e('Choose a city in the same timezone as you.'); ?></span>
+<p class="description"><?php _e('Choose a city in the same timezone as you.'); ?></p>
 <?php if ($check_zone_info && $tzstring) : ?>
 <br />
 <span>
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-media.php b/wp-admin/options-media.php
index a68affe3b8..ee3240107d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-media.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-media.php
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ include('./admin-header.php');
 <input name="embed_size_w" type="number" step="1" min="0" id="embed_size_w" value="<?php form_option('embed_size_w'); ?>" class="small-text" />
 <label for="embed_size_h"><?php _e('Height'); ?></label>
 <input name="embed_size_h" type="number" step="1" min="0" id="embed_size_h" value="<?php form_option('embed_size_h'); ?>" class="small-text" />
-<?php if ( !empty($content_width) ) echo '<br />' . __("If the width value is left blank, embeds will default to the max width of your theme."); ?>
+<?php if ( ! empty( $content_width ) )
+	echo '<p class="description">' . __( 'If the width value is left blank, embeds will default to the max width of your theme.' ) . '</p>';
+?>
 </td>
 </tr>
 
@@ -122,14 +124,14 @@ include('./admin-header.php');
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="upload_path"><?php _e('Store uploads in this folder'); ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="upload_path" type="text" id="upload_path" value="<?php echo esc_attr(get_option('upload_path')); ?>" class="regular-text code" />
-<span class="description"><?php _e('Default is <code>wp-content/uploads</code>'); ?></span>
+<p class="description"><?php _e('Default is <code>wp-content/uploads</code>'); ?></p>
 </td>
 </tr>
 
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="upload_url_path"><?php _e('Full URL path to files'); ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="upload_url_path" type="text" id="upload_url_path" value="<?php echo esc_attr( get_option('upload_url_path')); ?>" class="regular-text code" />
-<span class="description"><?php _e('Configuring this is optional. By default, it should be blank.'); ?></span>
+<p class="description"><?php _e('Configuring this is optional. By default, it should be blank.'); ?></p>
 </td>
 </tr>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-reading.php b/wp-admin/options-reading.php
index 0acb380b24..28897c18d0 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-reading.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-reading.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ else :
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="blog_charset"><?php _e( 'Encoding for pages and feeds' ); ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="blog_charset" type="text" id="blog_charset" value="<?php form_option( 'blog_charset' ); ?>" class="regular-text" />
-<span class="description"><?php _e( 'The <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Character_set">character encoding</a> of your site (UTF-8 is recommended, if you are adventurous there are some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_set">other encodings</a>)' ); ?></span></td>
+<p class="description"><?php _e( 'The <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Character_set">character encoding</a> of your site (UTF-8 is recommended, if you are adventurous there are some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_set">other encodings</a>)' ); ?></p></td>
 </tr>
 <?php do_settings_fields( 'reading', 'default' ); ?>
 </table>