Use p.description instead of <small> on the discussion settings page. see #26441.

nacin · nacin · commit ae61a2bc9834 · 2013-12-06T14:21:15.000Z
git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@26724 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php b/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 <input name="default_comment_status" type="checkbox" id="default_comment_status" value="open" <?php checked('open', get_option('default_comment_status')); ?> />
 <?php _e('Allow people to post comments on new articles'); ?></label>
 <br />
-<small><em><?php echo '(' . __('These settings may be overridden for individual articles.') . ')'; ?></em></small>
+<p class="description"><?php echo '(' . __( 'These settings may be overridden for individual articles.' ) . ')'; ?></p>
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
