diff -u b/core/modules/views/views.views.inc b/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
--- b/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * Provide views data that isn't tied to any other module.
  */
 
-use Drupal\Component\Utility\Html;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\NestedArray;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlContentEntityStorage;
@@ -419,17 +418,7 @@
       'group' => $group,
       'title' => $label,
       'title short' => $label,
-      'help' => [
-        [
-          '#markup' => t('Appears in:'),
-          '#suffix' => ' ',
-        ],
-        [
-          '#theme' => 'item_list',
-          '#items' => $bundles_names,
-          '#context' => ['list_style' => 'comma-list'],
-        ]
-      ],
+      'help' =>  t('Appears in: @bundles.', array('@bundles' => implode(', ', $bundles_names))),
     );
 
     // Go through and create a list of aliases for all possible combinations of
@@ -460,18 +449,7 @@
     }
     if ($aliases) {
       $data[$table_alias][$field_alias]['aliases'] = $aliases;
-      $data[$table_alias][$field_alias]['help'][] = [
-        '#prefix' => '. ',
-        '#markup' => t('Also known as:'),
-        '#suffix' => ' ',
-      ];
-      $data[$table_alias][$field_alias]['help'][] = [
-        '#theme' => 'item_list',
-        '#items' => $also_known,
-        '#context' => ['list_style' => 'comma-list'],
-        '#suffix' => '.',
-      ];
-
+      $data[$table_alias][$field_alias]['help'] .= ' ' . t('Also known as: !also.', array('!also' => implode(', ', $also_known)));
     }
 
     $keys = array_keys($field_columns);
@@ -547,17 +525,7 @@
         'group' => $group,
         'title' => $title,
         'title short' => $title_short,
-        'help' => [
-          [
-            '#markup' => t('Appears in:'),
-            '#suffix' => ' ',
-          ],
-          [
-            '#theme' => 'item_list',
-            '#context' => ['list_style' => 'comma-list'],
-            '#items' => $bundles_names,
-          ]
-        ],
+        'help' =>  t('Appears in: @bundles.', array('@bundles' => implode(', ', $bundles_names))),
       );
 
       // Go through and create a list of aliases for all possible combinations of
@@ -582,17 +550,9 @@
       }
       if ($aliases) {
         $data[$table_alias][$column_real_name]['aliases'] = $aliases;
-        $data[$table_alias][$column_real_name]['help'][] = [
-          '#prefix' => ' ',
-          '#markup' => t('Also known as:'),
-          '#suffix' => ' ',
-        ];
-        $data[$table_alias][$column_real_name]['help'][] = [
-          '#theme' => 'item_list',
-          '#items' => $also_known,
-          '#context' => ['list_style' => 'comma-list'],
-        ];
+        $data[$table_alias][$column_real_name]['help'] .= ' ' . t('Also known as: !also.', array('!also' => implode(', ', $also_known)));
       }
+
       $data[$table_alias][$column_real_name]['argument'] = array(
         'field' => $column_real_name,
         'table' => $table,