diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index a1871bb62..5d8f9eee0 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ if ('publish' != $post_status || 0 == $post_ID) {
 	<tr>
 		<th scope="row"><?php _e('Delete'); ?>:</th>
 		<td><?php if ('edit' == $action) : ?>
-		<input name="deletepost" class="delete" type="submit" id="deletepost" tabindex="10" value="<?php _e('Delete this post') ?>" <?php echo "onclick=\"return confirm('" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this post \'%s\'\\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete."), addslashes($edited_post_title) ) . "')\""; ?> />
+		<input name="deletepost" class="button" type="submit" id="deletepost" tabindex="10" value="<?php _e('Delete this post') ?>" <?php echo "onclick=\"return confirm('" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this post \'%s\'\\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete."), addslashes($edited_post_title) ) . "')\""; ?> />
 <?php endif; ?></td>
 	</tr>
 </table>
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index d6d902545..5aab0ab89 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ textarea, input, select {
 	font: 12px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 }
 
-.submit input, .submit input:focus {
+.submit input, .submit input:focus, .button {
 	background: url(../wp-images/fade-butt.png);
 	border: 3px double #999;
 	border-left-color: #ccc;
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ textarea, input, select {
 	padding: 0.25em;
 }
 
-.submit input:active {
+.submit input:active, .button:active {
 	background: #f4f4f4;
 	border: 3px double #ccc;
 	border-left-color: #999;
@@ -314,6 +314,11 @@ textarea, input, select {
 	width: 97%;
 }
 
+#deletepost:hover {
+	background: #ce0000;
+	color: #fff;
+}
+
 #ed_del {
 	text-decoration: line-through;
 }