diff --git a/wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php b/wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php
index 316bdd4e9d..dc5283895c 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 					<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
 					<li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="<?php _e('This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional'); ?>"><?php _e('Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
 					<li><a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a></li>
-					<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php _e('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.'); ?>"><abbr title="WordPress">WordPress</abbr></a></li>
+					<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php _e('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.'); ?>">WordPress</a></li>
 					<?php wp_meta(); ?>
 				</ul>
 				</li>