diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php
index 8b5b7e2cb3..8961c0b92a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ class WP_Comment_Query {
 	 *              `$hierarchical`, and `$update_comment_post_cache` were added.
 	 * @since 4.5.0 Introduced the `$author_url` argument.
 	 * @since 4.6.0 Introduced the `$cache_domain` argument.
+	 * @since 4.9.0 Introduced the `$paged` argument.
 	 *
 	 * @param string|array $query {
 	 *     Optional. Array or query string of comment query parameters. Default empty.
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ class WP_Comment_Query {
 	 *                                                   See WP_Meta_Query. Default empty.
 	 *     @type int          $number                    Maximum number of comments to retrieve.
 	 *                                                   Default empty (no limit).
+	 *     @type int          $paged                     When used with $number, defines the page of results to return.
+	 *                                                   When used with $offset, $offset takes precedence. Default 1.
 	 *     @type int          $offset                    Number of comments to offset the query. Used to build
 	 *                                                   LIMIT clause. Default 0.
 	 *     @type bool         $no_found_rows             Whether to disable the `SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS` query.
@@ -263,6 +266,7 @@ class WP_Comment_Query {
 			'no_found_rows' => true,
 			'orderby' => '',
 			'order' => 'DESC',
+			'paged' => 1,
 			'parent' => '',
 			'parent__in' => '',
 			'parent__not_in' => '',
@@ -628,12 +632,13 @@ class WP_Comment_Query {
 
 		$number = absint( $this->query_vars['number'] );
 		$offset = absint( $this->query_vars['offset'] );
+		$paged = absint( $this->query_vars['paged'] );
 
 		if ( ! empty( $number ) ) {
 			if ( $offset ) {
 				$limits = 'LIMIT ' . $offset . ',' . $number;
 			} else {
-				$limits = 'LIMIT ' . $number;
+				$limits = 'LIMIT ' . ( $number * ( $paged - 1 ) ) . ',' . $number;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 7e801aeda3..d8c85610c7 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-41286';
+$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-41287';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.