diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
index 0925dd209e..6832a73ae2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $url = attribute_escape( $comment->comment_author_url );
 <div class="misc-pub-section" id="comment-status-radio">
 <label class="approved"><input type="radio"<?php checked( $comment->comment_approved, '1' ); ?> name="comment_status" value="1" /><?php _e('Approved') ?></label><br />
 <label class="waiting"><input type="radio"<?php checked( $comment->comment_approved, '0' ); ?> name="comment_status" value="0" /><?php _e('Awaiting Moderation') ?></label><br />
-<label class="spam"><input type="radio"<?php checked( $comment->comment_approved, 'spam' ); ?> name="comment_status" value="spam" /><?php _e('Spam') ?></label>
+<label class="spam"><input type="radio"<?php checked( $comment->comment_approved, 'spam' ); ?> name="comment_status" value="spam" /><?php echo _c('Spam|verb'); ?></label>
 </div>
 
 <div class="misc-pub-section curtime misc-pub-section-last">
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index 034b05c479..747963d64f 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ function _wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row( &$comment, $show_date = true ) {
 		$actions['edit'] = "<a href='comment.php?action=editcomment&amp;c={$comment->comment_ID}' title='" . __('Edit comment') . "'>". __('Edit') . '</a>';
 		$actions['quickedit'] = '<a onclick="commentReply.open(\''.$comment->comment_ID.'\',\''.$comment->comment_post_ID.'\',\'edit\');return false;" class="vim-q" title="'.__('Quick Edit').'" href="#">' . __('Quick&nbsp;Edit') . '</a>';
 		$actions['reply'] = '<a onclick="commentReply.open(\''.$comment->comment_ID.'\',\''.$comment->comment_post_ID.'\');return false;" class="vim-r hide-if-no-js" title="'.__('Reply to this comment').'" href="#">' . __('Reply') . '</a>';
-		$actions['spam'] = "<a href='$spam_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID::spam=1 vim-s vim-destructive' title='" . __( 'Mark this comment as spam' ) . "'>" . __( 'Spam' ) . '</a>';
+		$actions['spam'] = "<a href='$spam_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID::spam=1 vim-s vim-destructive' title='" . __( 'Mark this comment as spam' ) . "'>" . _c( 'Spam|verb' ) . '</a>';
 		$actions['delete'] = "<a href='$delete_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID delete vim-d vim-destructive'>" . __('Delete') . '</a>';
 
 		$actions = apply_filters( 'comment_row_actions', $actions, $comment );
diff --git a/wp-includes/comment.php b/wp-includes/comment.php
index 2e9e205ba2..f2460563e0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment.php
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ function get_comment_statuses( ) {
 	$status = array(
 		'hold'		=> __('Unapproved'),
 		'approve'	=> __('Approved'),
-		'spam'		=> __('Spam'),
+		'spam'		=> _c('Spam|adjective'),
 	);
 
 	return $status;