diff --git a/src/wp-includes/category-template.php b/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
index cd8304f24fdc0..76409d0832f2e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ function get_the_tag_list( $before = '', $sep = '', $after = '', $post_id = 0 )
  */
 function the_tags( $before = null, $sep = ', ', $after = '' ) {
 	if ( null === $before ) {
-		$before = __( 'Tags: ' );
+		$before = __( 'Tags:' ) . ' ';
 	}
 
 	$the_tags = get_the_tag_list( $before, $sep, $after );
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/pluggable.php b/src/wp-includes/pluggable.php
index e1c43540c8cb8..2f11b0e73e1d7 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/pluggable.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/pluggable.php
@@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@ function wp_notify_moderator( $comment_id ) {
 					$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Website: %1$s (IP address: %2$s, %3$s)' ), $comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment_author_domain ) . "\r\n";
 					/* translators: %s: Trackback/pingback/comment author URL. */
 					$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'URL: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_url ) . "\r\n";
-					$notify_message .= __( 'Trackback excerpt: ' ) . "\r\n" . $comment_content . "\r\n\r\n";
+					$notify_message .= __( 'Trackback excerpt:' ) . ' ' . "\r\n" . $comment_content . "\r\n\r\n";
 					break;
 
 				case 'pingback':
@@ -2101,7 +2101,7 @@ function wp_notify_moderator( $comment_id ) {
 					$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Website: %1$s (IP address: %2$s, %3$s)' ), $comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment_author_domain ) . "\r\n";
 					/* translators: %s: Trackback/pingback/comment author URL. */
 					$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'URL: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_url ) . "\r\n";
-					$notify_message .= __( 'Pingback excerpt: ' ) . "\r\n" . $comment_content . "\r\n\r\n";
+					$notify_message .= __( 'Pingback excerpt:' ) . ' ' . "\r\n" . $comment_content . "\r\n\r\n";
 					break;
 
 				default: // Comments.