diff --git a/wp-admin/custom-background.php b/wp-admin/custom-background.php
index 6e88d27d5..da95c56fc 100644
--- a/wp-admin/custom-background.php
+++ b/wp-admin/custom-background.php
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ class Custom_Background {
 </p>
 </form>
 </td>
+</tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/default-widgets.php b/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
index 303e95c53..4a26f5537 100644
--- a/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
+++ b/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ class WP_Widget_Recent_Posts extends WP_Widget {
 		<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></p>
 
 		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('number'); ?>"><?php _e('Number of posts to show:'); ?></label>
-		<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('number'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('number'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $number; ?>" size="3" /><br />
+		<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('number'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('number'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $number; ?>" size="3" /></p>
 <?php
 	}
 }
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ class WP_Widget_Recent_Comments extends WP_Widget {
 		<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></p>
 
 		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('number'); ?>"><?php _e('Number of comments to show:'); ?></label>
-		<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('number'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('number'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $number; ?>" size="3" /><br />
+		<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('number'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('number'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $number; ?>" size="3" /></p>
 <?php
 	}
 }