diff --git a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
index 032c995ca..f2d36dc2b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
-if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
-	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) )
+	wp_die( __( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this site.' ) );
 
 $title = __('Discussion Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ printf( __('Comments should be displayed with the %s comments at the top of each
 
 <h3><?php _e('Avatars') ?></h3>
 
-<p><?php _e('An avatar is an image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on avatar enabled sites.  Here you can enable the display of avatars for people who comment on your blog.'); ?></p>
+<p><?php _e('An avatar is an image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on avatar enabled sites.  Here you can enable the display of avatars for people who comment on your site.'); ?></p>
 
 <?php // the above would be a good place to link to codex documentation on the gravatar functions, for putting it in themes. anything like that? ?>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-general.php b/wp-admin/options-general.php
index 5edab2e19..a7d040b7a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-general.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-general.php
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('./admin.php');
 
-if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
-	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) )
+	wp_die( __( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this site.' ) );
 
 $title = __('General Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ include('./admin-header.php');
 
 <table class="form-table">
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><label for="blogname"><?php _e('Blog Title') ?></label></th>
+<th scope="row"><label for="blogname"><?php _e('Site Title') ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="blogname" type="text" id="blogname" value="<?php form_option('blogname'); ?>" class="regular-text" /></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="blogdescription"><?php _e('Tagline') ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="blogdescription" type="text" id="blogdescription"  value="<?php form_option('blogdescription'); ?>" class="regular-text" />
-<span class="description"><?php _e('In a few words, explain what this blog is about.') ?></span></td>
+<span class="description"><?php _e('In a few words, explain what this site is about.') ?></span></td>
 </tr>
 <?php if ( !is_multisite() ) { ?>
 <tr valign="top">
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ include('./admin-header.php');
 <td><input name="siteurl" type="text" id="siteurl" value="<?php form_option('siteurl'); ?>"<?php disabled( defined( 'WP_SITEURL' ) ); ?> class="regular-text code<?php if ( defined( 'WP_SITEURL' ) ) echo ' disabled' ?>" /></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><label for="home"><?php _e('Blog address (URL)') ?></label></th>
+<th scope="row"><label for="home"><?php _e('Site address (URL)') ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="home" type="text" id="home" value="<?php form_option('home'); ?>"<?php disabled( defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ); ?> class="regular-text code<?php if ( defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ) echo ' disabled' ?>" />
-<span class="description"><?php _e('Enter the address here if you want your blog homepage <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory">to be different from the directory</a> you installed WordPress.'); ?></span></td>
+<span class="description"><?php _e('Enter the address here if you want your site homepage <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory">to be different from the directory</a> you installed WordPress.'); ?></span></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="admin_email"><?php _e('E-mail address') ?> </label></th>
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ if ( is_multisite() && is_dir( ABSPATH . LANGDIR ) && $dh = opendir( ABSPATH . L
 if ( !empty($lang_files) ) {
 ?>
 	<tr valign="top">
-		<th width="33%" scope="row"><?php _e('Blog language:') ?></th>
+		<th width="33%" scope="row"><?php _e('Site language:') ?></th>
 		<td>
 			<select name="WPLANG" id="WPLANG">
 				<?php mu_dropdown_languages( $lang_files, get_option('WPLANG') ); ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-media.php b/wp-admin/options-media.php
index 38f24010c..0b222c757 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-media.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-media.php
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
-if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
-	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) )
+	wp_die( __( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this site.' ) );
 
 $title = __('Media Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-permalink.php b/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
index 4c91aa730..efdc5362c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
-if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
-	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) )
+	wp_die( __( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this site.' ) );
 
 $title = __('Permalink Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-privacy.php b/wp-admin/options-privacy.php
index 5226abb70..909443ae3 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-privacy.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-privacy.php
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 /** Load WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('./admin.php');
 
-if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
-	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) )
+	wp_die( __( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this site.' ) );
 
 $title = __('Privacy Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ include('./admin-header.php');
 
 <table class="form-table">
 <tr valign="top">
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Blog Visibility') ?> </th>
-<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Blog Visibility') ?> </span></legend>
-<p><input id="blog-public" type="radio" name="blog_public" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('blog_public')); ?> />
-<label for="blog-public"><?php _e('I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers');?></label></p>
-<p><input id="blog-norobots" type="radio" name="blog_public" value="0" <?php checked('0', get_option('blog_public')); ?> />
-<label for="blog-norobots"><?php _e('I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors'); ?></label></p>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('Site Visibility') ?> </th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Site Visibility') ?> </span></legend>
+<input id="blog-public" type="radio" name="blog_public" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('blog_public')); ?> />
+<label for="blog-public"><?php _e('I would like my site to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers');?></label><br/>
+<input id="blog-norobots" type="radio" name="blog_public" value="0" <?php checked('0', get_option('blog_public')); ?> />
+<label for="blog-norobots"><?php _e('I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors'); ?></label>
 <?php do_action('blog_privacy_selector'); ?>
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-reading.php b/wp-admin/options-reading.php
index 1e55c49cc..c28cab887 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-reading.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-reading.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 require_once( 'admin.php' );
 
 if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) )
-	wp_die( __( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.' ) );
+	wp_die( __( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this site.' ) );
 
 $title = __( 'Reading Settings' );
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ include( 'admin-header.php' );
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="blog_charset"><?php _e( 'Encoding for pages and feeds' ); ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="blog_charset" type="text" id="blog_charset" value="<?php form_option( 'blog_charset' ); ?>" class="regular-text" />
-<span class="description"><?php _e( 'The <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Character_set">character encoding</a> of your blog (UTF-8 is recommended, if you are adventurous there are some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_set">other encodings</a>)' ); ?></span></td>
+<span class="description"><?php _e( 'The <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Character_set">character encoding</a> of your site (UTF-8 is recommended, if you are adventurous there are some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_set">other encodings</a>)' ); ?></span></td>
 </tr>
 <?php do_settings_fields( 'reading', 'default' ); ?>
 </table>
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-writing.php b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
index b758bc96f..3059cf2a0 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
-if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
-	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) )
+	wp_die( __( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this site.' ) );
 
 $title = __('Writing Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ wp_dropdown_categories(array('hide_empty' => 0, 'name' => 'default_email_categor
 
 <?php else : ?>
 
-	<p><?php printf(__('WordPress is not notifying any <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services">Update Services</a> because of your blog&#8217;s <a href="%s">privacy settings</a>.'), 'options-privacy.php'); ?></p>
+	<p><?php printf(__('WordPress is not notifying any <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services">Update Services</a> because of your site&#8217;s <a href="%s">privacy settings</a>.'), 'options-privacy.php'); ?></p>
 
 <?php endif; ?>
 <?php } // multisite ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/plugins.php b/wp-admin/plugins.php
index f94ee812f..dbad9f2a8 100644
--- a/wp-admin/plugins.php
+++ b/wp-admin/plugins.php
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
-if ( ! current_user_can('activate_plugins') )
-	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage plugins for this blog.'));
+if ( ! current_user_can( 'activate_plugins' ) )
+	wp_die( __( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to manage plugins for this blog.' ) );
 
 if ( isset($_POST['clear-recent-list']) )
 	$action = 'clear-recent-list';