diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/style.css b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/style.css
index 2fe19db34..11a399cbf 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/style.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/style.css
@@ -1061,13 +1061,12 @@ h3#reply-title {
 #respond textarea {
 	width:98%;
 }
-#respond dt,
-#respond dd {
+#respond .form-allowed-tags {
 	color: #888;
 	font-size: 12px;
 	line-height: 18px;
 }
-#respond dd code {
+#respond .form-allowed-tags code {
 	font-size: 11px;
 }
 #respond .form-submit {
diff --git a/wp-includes/comment-template.php b/wp-includes/comment-template.php
index c3b24afe2..01c6495d3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment-template.php
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ function comment_form( $args = array(), $post_id = null ) {
 		'must_log_in'          => '<p class="must-log-in">' .  sprintf( __( 'You must be <a href="%s">logged in</a> to post a comment.' ), wp_login_url( apply_filters( 'the_permalink', get_permalink( $post_id ) ) ) ) . '</p>',
 		'logged_in_as'         => '<p class="logged-in-as">' . sprintf( __( 'Logged in as <a href="%1$s">%2$s</a>. <a href="%3$s" title="Log out of this account">Log out?</a>' ), admin_url( 'profile.php' ), $user_identity, wp_logout_url( apply_filters( 'the_permalink', get_permalink( $post_id ) ) ) ) . '</p>',
 		'comment_notes_before' => '<p class="comment-notes">' . __( 'Your email address will not be published.' ) . ( $req ? $required_text : '' ) . '</p>',
-		'comment_notes_after'  => '<dl class="form-allowed-tags"><dt>' . __( 'You may use these <abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> tags and attributes:' ) . '</dt> <dd><code>' . allowed_tags() . '</code></dd></dl>',
+		'comment_notes_after'  => '<p class="form-allowed-tags">' . sprintf( __( 'You may use these <abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> tags and attributes: %s' ), ' <code>' . allowed_tags() . '</code>' ) . '</p>',
 		'id_form'              => 'commentform',
 		'id_submit'            => 'submit',
 		'title_reply'          => __( 'Leave a Reply' ),