diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 82857e687..7a3261514 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -1012,14 +1012,12 @@ function convert_chars($content, $deprecated = '') {
 /**
  * Will only balance the tags if forced to and the option is set to balance tags.
  *
- * The option 'use_balanceTags' is used for whether the tags will be balanced.
- * Both the $force parameter and 'use_balanceTags' option will have to be true
- * before the tags will be balanced.
+ * The option 'use_balanceTags' is used to determine whether the tags will be balanced.
  *
  * @since 0.71
  *
  * @param string $text Text to be balanced
- * @param bool $force Forces balancing, ignoring the value of the option. Default false.
+ * @param bool $force If true, forces balancing, ignoring the value of the option. Default false.
  * @return string Balanced text
  */
 function balanceTags( $text, $force = false ) {