diff --git a/forms/DropdownField.php b/forms/DropdownField.php
index 1aa6c28f5..aef7f9a97 100644
--- a/forms/DropdownField.php
+++ b/forms/DropdownField.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Dropdown field, created from a <select> tag.
+ * Dropdown field, created from a select tag.
  *
  * <b>Setting a $has_one relation</b>
  *
diff --git a/forms/FormField.php b/forms/FormField.php
index e1624954c..f656b2024 100644
--- a/forms/FormField.php
+++ b/forms/FormField.php
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ class FormField extends RequestHandler {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set an HTML attribute on the field element, mostly an <input> tag.
+	 * Set an HTML attribute on the field element, mostly an input tag.
 	 *
 	 * Some attributes are best set through more specialized methods, to avoid interfering with
 	 * built-in behaviour:
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ class FormField extends RequestHandler {
 	 *
 	 * The field type is the class name with the word Field dropped off the end, all lowercase.
 	 *
-	 * It's handy for assigning HTML classes. Doesn't signify the <input type> attribute.
+	 * It's handy for assigning HTML classes. Doesn't signify the input type attribute.
 	 *
 	 * @see {link getAttributes()}.
 	 *
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ class FormField extends RequestHandler {
 	/**
 	 * Describe this field, provide help text for it.
 	 *
-	 * By default, renders as a <span class="description"> underneath the form field.
+	 * By default, renders as a span class="description" underneath the form field.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $description
 	 *
diff --git a/forms/GroupedDropdownField.php b/forms/GroupedDropdownField.php
index 2d30956e5..8bd0d986d 100644
--- a/forms/GroupedDropdownField.php
+++ b/forms/GroupedDropdownField.php
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Grouped dropdown, using <optgroup> tags.
+ * Grouped dropdown, using optgroup tags.
  *
  * $source parameter (from DropdownField) must be a two dimensional array.
- * The first level of the array is used for the <optgroup>, and the second
- * level are the <options> for each group.
+ * The first level of the array is used for the optgroup, and the second
+ * level are the options for each group.
  *
- * Returns a <select> tag containing all the appropriate <option> tags, with
- * <optgroup> tags around the <option> tags as required.
+ * Returns a select tag containing all the appropriate option tags, with
+ * optgroup tags around the option tags as required.
  *
  * <b>Usage</b>
  *
diff --git a/forms/ListboxField.php b/forms/ListboxField.php
index bdc402b5f..0312979bb 100644
--- a/forms/ListboxField.php
+++ b/forms/ListboxField.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Multi-line listbox field, created from a <select> tag.
+ * Multi-line listbox field, created from a select tag.
  *
  * <b>Usage</b>
  *
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * )
  * </code>
  *
- * @see DropdownField for a simple <select> field with a single element.
+ * @see DropdownField for a simple select field with a single element.
  * @see CheckboxSetField for multiple selections through checkboxes.
  * @see OptionsetField for single selections via radiobuttons.
  * @see TreeDropdownField for a rich and customizeable UI that can visualize a tree of selectable elements
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ListboxField extends DropdownField {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns a <select> tag containing all the appropriate <option> tags
+	 * Returns a select tag containing all the appropriate option tags
 	 */
 	public function Field($properties = array()) {
 		if($this->multiple) $this->name .= '[]';