diff --git a/wp-admin/network/settings.php b/wp-admin/network/settings.php
index 5d81cdf369..1d527c8723 100644
--- a/wp-admin/network/settings.php
+++ b/wp-admin/network/settings.php
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ if ( isset( $_GET['updated'] ) ) {
 				<td>
 					<fieldset>
 					<legend class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'New registrations settings' ) ?></legend>
-					<label><input name="registration" type="radio" id="registration1" value="none"<?php checked( $reg, 'none') ?> /> <?php _e( 'Registration is disabled.' ); ?></label><br />
-					<label><input name="registration" type="radio" id="registration2" value="user"<?php checked( $reg, 'user') ?> /> <?php _e( 'User accounts may be registered.' ); ?></label><br />
-					<label><input name="registration" type="radio" id="registration3" value="blog"<?php checked( $reg, 'blog') ?> /> <?php _e( 'Logged in users may register new sites.' ); ?></label><br />
-					<label><input name="registration" type="radio" id="registration4" value="all"<?php checked( $reg, 'all') ?> /> <?php _e( 'Both sites and user accounts can be registered.' ); ?></label>
+					<label><input name="registration" type="radio" id="registration1" value="none"<?php checked( $reg, 'none') ?> /> <?php _e( 'Registration is disabled' ); ?></label><br />
+					<label><input name="registration" type="radio" id="registration2" value="user"<?php checked( $reg, 'user') ?> /> <?php _e( 'User accounts may be registered' ); ?></label><br />
+					<label><input name="registration" type="radio" id="registration3" value="blog"<?php checked( $reg, 'blog') ?> /> <?php _e( 'Logged in users may register new sites' ); ?></label><br />
+					<label><input name="registration" type="radio" id="registration4" value="all"<?php checked( $reg, 'all') ?> /> <?php _e( 'Both sites and user accounts can be registered' ); ?></label>
 					<?php if ( is_subdomain_install() ) {
 						echo '<p class="description">';
 						/* translators: 1: NOBLOGREDIRECT 2: wp-config.php */
@@ -154,14 +154,14 @@ if ( isset( $_GET['updated'] ) ) {
 					update_site_option( 'registrationnotification', 'yes' );
 				?>
 				<td>
-					<label><input name="registrationnotification" type="checkbox" id="registrationnotification" value="yes"<?php checked( get_site_option( 'registrationnotification' ), 'yes' ) ?> /> <?php _e( 'Send the network admin an email notification every time someone registers a site or user account.' ) ?></label>
+					<label><input name="registrationnotification" type="checkbox" id="registrationnotification" value="yes"<?php checked( get_site_option( 'registrationnotification' ), 'yes' ) ?> /> <?php _e( 'Send the network admin an email notification every time someone registers a site or user account' ) ?></label>
 				</td>
 			</tr>
 
 			<tr id="addnewusers">
 				<th scope="row"><?php _e( 'Add New Users' ) ?></th>
 				<td>
-					<label><input name="add_new_users" type="checkbox" id="add_new_users" value="1"<?php checked( get_site_option( 'add_new_users' ) ) ?> /> <?php _e( 'Allow site administrators to add new users to their site via the "Users &rarr; Add New" page.' ); ?></label>
+					<label><input name="add_new_users" type="checkbox" id="add_new_users" value="1"<?php checked( get_site_option( 'add_new_users' ) ) ?> /> <?php _e( 'Allow site administrators to add new users to their site via the "Users &rarr; Add New" page' ); ?></label>
 				</td>
 			</tr>
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index c30a34ada5..604adc3a7c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-40952';
+$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-40953';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.