diff --git a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
index f7b124938..3dd53185b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ printf( __('Comments should be displayed with the %s comments at the top of each
 
 <p><label for="moderation_keys"><?php _e('When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be held in the <a href="edit-comments.php?comment_status=moderated">moderation queue</a>. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.') ?></label></p>
 <p>
-<textarea name="moderation_keys" rows="10" cols="50" id="moderation_keys" class="large-text code"><?php esc_textarea( get_option( 'moderation_keys' ) ); ?></textarea>
+<textarea name="moderation_keys" rows="10" cols="50" id="moderation_keys" class="large-text code"><?php echo esc_textarea( get_option( 'moderation_keys' ) ); ?></textarea>
 </p>
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ printf( __('Comments should be displayed with the %s comments at the top of each
 <td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Comment Blacklist') ?></span></legend>
 <p><label for="blacklist_keys"><?php _e('When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be marked as spam. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.') ?></label></p>
 <p>
-<textarea name="blacklist_keys" rows="10" cols="50" id="blacklist_keys" class="large-text code"><?php esc_textarea( get_option( 'blacklist_keys' ) ); ?></textarea>
+<textarea name="blacklist_keys" rows="10" cols="50" id="blacklist_keys" class="large-text code"><?php echo esc_textarea( get_option( 'blacklist_keys' ) ); ?></textarea>
 </p>
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-writing.php b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
index 2dfde4592..33a4d88e6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ wp_dropdown_categories(array('hide_empty' => 0, 'name' => 'default_email_categor
 
 <p><label for="ping_sites"><?php _e('When you publish a new post, WordPress automatically notifies the following site update services. For more about this, see <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services">Update Services</a> on the Codex. Separate multiple service <abbr title="Universal Resource Locator">URL</abbr>s with line breaks.') ?></label></p>
 
-<textarea name="ping_sites" id="ping_sites" class="large-text code" rows="3"><?php esc_textarea( get_option('ping_sites') ); ?></textarea>
+<textarea name="ping_sites" id="ping_sites" class="large-text code" rows="3"><?php echo esc_textarea( get_option('ping_sites') ); ?></textarea>
 
 <?php else : ?>