diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index fda618c7b..e48cdb9f4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -223,14 +223,14 @@ $post_title = ('' == $post_title) ? "# $comment->comment_post_ID" : $post_title;
     <td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) {
 	echo "<a href='comment.php?action=editcomment&amp;c=$comment->comment_ID' class='edit'>" .  __('Edit') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
     <td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) {
-		echo "<a href=\"comment.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=".$comment->comment_post_ID."&amp;c=".$comment->comment_ID."\" onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'comment', $comment->comment_ID, '" . js_escape(sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete."), $comment->comment_author ))  . "', theCommentList );\" class='delete'>" . __('Delete') . "</a> ";
+		echo "<a href=\"comment.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=".$comment->comment_post_ID."&amp;c=".$comment->comment_ID."\" onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'comment', $comment->comment_ID, '" . js_escape(sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by '%s'. \n  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete."), $comment->comment_author ))  . "', theCommentList );\" class='delete'>" . __('Delete') . "</a> ";
 		} ?></td>
   </tr>
 		<?php 
 		} // end foreach
 	?></table>
-<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="delete_button" class="delete" value="<?php _e('Delete Checked Comments &raquo;') ?>" onclick="var numchecked = getNumChecked(document.getElementById('deletecomments')); if(numchecked < 1) { alert('<?php echo js_escape(__("Please select some comments to delete")); ?>'); return false } return confirm('<?php echo js_escape(sprintf(__("You are about to delete %s comments permanently \\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete.")), "' + numchecked + '"); ?>')" />
-			<input type="submit" name="spam_button" value="<?php _e('Mark Checked Comments as Spam &raquo;') ?>" onclick="return confirm('<?php echo js_escape(__("You are about to mark these comments as spam \\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to mark as spam.")); ?>')" /></p>
+<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="delete_button" class="delete" value="<?php _e('Delete Checked Comments &raquo;') ?>" onclick="var numchecked = getNumChecked(document.getElementById('deletecomments')); if(numchecked < 1) { alert('<?php echo js_escape(__("Please select some comments to delete")); ?>'); return false } return confirm('<?php echo sprintf(js_escape(__("You are about to delete %s comments permanently \n  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete.")), "' + numchecked + '"); ?>')" />
+			<input type="submit" name="spam_button" value="<?php _e('Mark Checked Comments as Spam &raquo;') ?>" onclick="var numchecked = getNumChecked(document.getElementById('deletecomments')); if(numchecked < 1) { alert('<?php echo js_escape(__("Please select some comments to mark as spam")); ?>'); return false } return confirm('<?php echo sprintf(js_escape(__("You are about to mark %s comments as spam \n  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to mark as spam.")), "' + numchecked + '"); ?>')" /></p>
   </form>
 <div id="ajax-response"></div>
 <?php