diff --git a/wp-admin/options-writing.php b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
index 0bf0400380..12d1b397c0 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ endforeach;
 
 <fieldset class="options">
 	<legend><?php _e('Update Services') ?></legend>
-          <p><?php printf(__('When you publish a new post WordPress can notify site update services. For more about this see <a href="%s">Update Services</a> on the Codex. Separate multiple service URIs with line breaks.'), 'http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services') ?></p>
+          <p><?php _e('When you publish a new post, WordPress automatically notifies the following site update services. For more about this, see <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services">Update Services</a> on the Codex. Separate multiple service URIs with line breaks.') ?></p>
 	
 	<textarea name="ping_sites" id="ping_sites" style="width: 98%;" rows="3" cols="50"><?php form_option('ping_sites'); ?></textarea>
 </fieldset>