diff --git a/src/Forms/DropdownField.php b/src/Forms/DropdownField.php
index b7f29c41f..a18fc878c 100644
--- a/src/Forms/DropdownField.php
+++ b/src/Forms/DropdownField.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use SilverStripe\ORM\ArrayList;
 use SilverStripe\View\ArrayData;
 
 /**
- * Dropdown field, created from a <select> tag.
+ * Dropdown field, created from a select tag.
  *
  * <b>Setting a $has_one relation</b>
  *
diff --git a/src/Forms/FormField.php b/src/Forms/FormField.php
index f19c6425e..7a9efd5d4 100644
--- a/src/Forms/FormField.php
+++ b/src/Forms/FormField.php
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ 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:
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ 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()}.
      *
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ 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/src/Forms/GroupedDropdownField.php b/src/Forms/GroupedDropdownField.php
index 0d839df8b..aeb44fa4d 100644
--- a/src/Forms/GroupedDropdownField.php
+++ b/src/Forms/GroupedDropdownField.php
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ use SilverStripe\ORM\ArrayList;
 use SilverStripe\View\ArrayData;
 
 /**
- * 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
+ * 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/src/Forms/ListboxField.php b/src/Forms/ListboxField.php
index 4d8d93de7..b6c064272 100644
--- a/src/Forms/ListboxField.php
+++ b/src/Forms/ListboxField.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use SilverStripe\ORM\ArrayList;
 use SilverStripe\View\ArrayData;
 
 /**
- * Multi-line listbox field, created from a <select> tag.
+ * Multi-line listbox field, created from a select tag.
  *
  * <b>Usage</b>
  *
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use SilverStripe\View\ArrayData;
  * )
  * </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
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ListboxField extends MultiSelectField
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns a <select> tag containing all the appropriate <option> tags
+     * Returns a select tag containing all the appropriate option tags
      *
      * @param array $properties
      * @return string