diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index c5c63ee1c..34f4c0a87 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -688,8 +688,8 @@ function wp_user_settings() {
 			$saved = isset( $_COOKIE['wp-settings-time-' . $user->ID]) ? preg_replace( '/[^0-9]/', '', $_COOKIE['wp-settings-time-' . $user->ID] ) : 0;
 
 			if ( $saved > $last_time ) {
-				update_user_option( $user->ID, 'user-settings', $cookie, false );
-				update_user_option( $user->ID, 'user-settings-time', time() - 5, false );
+				update_user_option( $user->ID, 'user-settings', $cookie, true );
+				update_user_option( $user->ID, 'user-settings-time', time() - 5, true );
 				return;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/wp-includes/user.php b/wp-includes/user.php
index daae72932..79a742285 100644
--- a/wp-includes/user.php
+++ b/wp-includes/user.php
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ function user_pass_ok($user_login, $user_pass) {
  *
  * @param string $option User option name.
  * @param int $user Optional. User ID.
- * @param bool $check_global Whether to check for a global option if a per-user option does not exist. Default is true.
+ * @param bool $check_blog_options Whether to check for an option in the options table if a per-user option does not exist. Default is true.
  * @return mixed
  */
-function get_user_option( $option, $user = 0, $check_global = true ) {
+function get_user_option( $option, $user = 0, $check_blog_options = true ) {
 	global $wpdb;
 
 	$option = preg_replace('|[^a-z0-9_]|i', '', $option);
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ function get_user_option( $option, $user = 0, $check_global = true ) {
 		$result = $user->{$wpdb->prefix . $option};
 	elseif ( isset( $user->{$option} ) ) // User specific and cross-blog
 		$result = $user->{$option};
-	elseif ( $check_global ) // Blog global
+	elseif ( $check_blog_options ) // Blog global
 		$result = get_option( $option );
 	else
 		$result = false;