diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php
index 83994942a135..cc5a68cb7353 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
  * @FieldFormatter(
  *   id = "entity_reference_entity_view",
  *   label = @Translation("Rendered entity"),
- *   description = @Translation("Display the referenced entities rendered by entity_view()."),
+ *   description = @Translation("Render the referenced entity."),
  *   field_types = {
  *     "entity_reference"
  *   }
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/comment.module b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
index 4a41c5f29567..0cbc859155a4 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -525,8 +525,8 @@ function comment_preview(CommentInterface $comment, FormStateInterface $form_sta
     // parent entity output rendering the comment form and the comment form
     // rendering the parent entity. To prevent this infinite loop we temporarily
     // set the value of the comment field on a clone of the entity to hidden
-    // before calling entity_view(). That way when the output of the commented
-    // entity is rendered, it excludes the comment field output.
+    // before calling the entity view builder. That way when the output of
+    // the commented entity is rendered, it excludes the comment field output.
     $field_name = $comment->getFieldName();
     $entity = clone $entity;
     $entity->$field_name->status = CommentItemInterface::HIDDEN;