diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-core-upgrader.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-core-upgrader.php
index 0f7ccf0fb8..f6b6dfaed1 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-core-upgrader.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-core-upgrader.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class Core_Upgrader extends WP_Upgrader {
 		if ( ! $wp_filesystem->copy( $working_dir . '/wordpress/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php', $wp_dir . 'wp-admin/includes/update-core.php', true ) ) {
 			$wp_filesystem->delete( $working_dir, true );
 			WP_Upgrader::release_lock( 'core_updater' );
-			return new WP_Error( 'copy_failed_for_update_core_file', __( 'The update can not be installed because some files could not be copied. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.' ), 'wp-admin/includes/update-core.php' );
+			return new WP_Error( 'copy_failed_for_update_core_file', __( 'The update cannot be installed because some files could not be copied. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.' ), 'wp-admin/includes/update-core.php' );
 		}
 		$wp_filesystem->chmod( $wp_dir . 'wp-admin/includes/update-core.php', FS_CHMOD_FILE );
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php
index 3fe1007504..9fa6c808a8 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class WP_Upgrader {
 		$this->strings['folder_exists']        = __( 'Destination folder already exists.' );
 		$this->strings['mkdir_failed']         = __( 'Could not create directory.' );
 		$this->strings['incompatible_archive'] = __( 'The package could not be installed.' );
-		$this->strings['files_not_writable']   = __( 'The update can not be installed because some files could not be copied. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.' );
+		$this->strings['files_not_writable']   = __( 'The update cannot be installed because some files could not be copied. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.' );
 
 		$this->strings['maintenance_start'] = __( 'Enabling Maintenance mode…' );
 		$this->strings['maintenance_end']   = __( 'Disabling Maintenance mode…' );
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
index 16a99a4737..5d2a2e2127 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ function update_core( $from, $to ) {
 
 		return new WP_Error(
 			'copy_failed_for_version_file',
-			__( 'The update can not be installed because some files could not be copied. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.' ),
+			__( 'The update cannot be installed because some files could not be copied. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.' ),
 			'wp-includes/version.php'
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
index c920adb3a0..3e04bfdf38 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
@@ -6963,7 +6963,7 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 		preg_match( '|<title>([^<]*?)</title>|is', $remote_source, $matchtitle );
 		$title = isset( $matchtitle[1] ) ? $matchtitle[1] : '';
 		if ( empty( $title ) ) {
-			return $this->pingback_error( 32, __( 'A title on that page can not be found.' ) );
+			return $this->pingback_error( 32, __( 'A title on that page cannot be found.' ) );
 		}
 
 		// Remove all script and style tags including their content.
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 050851804b..b3319e799e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.0-alpha-53131';
+$wp_version = '6.0-alpha-53132';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.