diff --git a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index 8a8dcc09ca..e89704d0b2 100644
--- a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ function has_term_meta( $term_id ) {
  * @param int        $parent   Optional. ID of parent term under which to confine the exists search.
  * @return mixed Returns null if the term does not exist. Returns the term ID
  *               if no taxonomy is specified and the term ID exists. Returns
- *               an array of the term ID and the term taxonomy ID the taxonomy
+ *               an array of the term ID and the term taxonomy ID if the taxonomy
  *               is specified and the pairing exists.
  */
 function term_exists( $term, $taxonomy = '', $parent = null ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 5d5db51707..367170593b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.0-alpha-42698';
+$wp_version = '5.0-alpha-42699';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.