diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index 97ab12b172..fa88bb0b21 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ if ('view' == $mode) {
         <p><?php _e('Posted'); echo ' '; comment_date('M j, g:i A');  
 			if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) {
 				echo " | <a href=\"post.php?action=editcomment&amp;comment=".$comment->comment_ID."\">" . __('Edit Comment') . "</a>";
-				echo ' | <a href="' . wp_nonce_url('comment.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=' . $post->ID . '&amp;comment=' . $comment->comment_ID, 'delete-comment' . $comment->comment_ID) . '" onclick="return deleteSomething( \'comment\', ' . $comment->comment_ID . ', \'' . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete."), wp_specialchars($comment->comment_author, 1)) . "' );\">" . __('Delete Comment') . '</a> ';
+				echo ' | <a href="' . wp_nonce_url('comment.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=' . $post->ID . '&amp;comment=' . $comment->comment_ID, 'delete-comment' . $comment->comment_ID) . '" onclick="return deleteSomething( \'comment\', ' . $comment->comment_ID . ', \'' . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete."), js_escape($comment->comment_author)) . "' );\">" . __('Delete Comment') . '</a> ';
 			} // end if any comments to show
 			// Get post title
 			if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ if ('view' == $mode) {
     <td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) {
 	echo "<a href='post.php?action=editcomment&amp;comment=$comment->comment_ID' class='edit'>" .  __('Edit') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
     <td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) {
-            echo "<a href=\"post.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=".$comment->comment_post_ID."&amp;comment=".$comment->comment_ID."\" onclick=\"return confirm('" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by \'%s\'\\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete."), wp_specialchars( $comment->comment_author, 1 )) . "')\"    class='delete'>" . __('Delete') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
+            echo "<a href=\"post.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=".$comment->comment_post_ID."&amp;comment=".$comment->comment_ID."\" onclick=\"return confirm('" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by \'%s\'\\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete."), js_escape( $comment->comment_author)) . "')\"    class='delete'>" . __('Delete') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
   </tr>
 		<?php 
 		} // end foreach
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index a1856c9c63..e8bdfab5d9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ foreach($posts_columns as $column_name=>$column_display_name) {
 
 	case 'control_delete':
 		?>
-		<td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post',$post->ID) ) { echo "<a href='" . wp_nonce_url("post.php?action=delete&amp;post=$id", 'delete-post' . $post->ID) . "' class='delete' onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'post', " . $id . ", '" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this post &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;OK&quot; to delete, &quot;Cancel&quot; to stop."), addslashes(wp_specialchars(get_the_title(),'double')) ) . "' );\">" . __('Delete') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
+		<td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post',$post->ID) ) { echo "<a href='" . wp_nonce_url("post.php?action=delete&amp;post=$id", 'delete-post' . $post->ID) . "' class='delete' onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'post', " . $id . ", '" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this post &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;OK&quot; to delete, &quot;Cancel&quot; to stop."), js_escape(get_the_title())) . "' );\">" . __('Delete') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
 		<?php
 		break;
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/moderation.php b/wp-admin/moderation.php
index b77525923c..0a4f1f7c06 100644
--- a/wp-admin/moderation.php
+++ b/wp-admin/moderation.php
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ $i = 0;
 echo '<a href="post.php?action=editcomment&amp;comment='.$comment->comment_ID.'">' . __('Edit') . '</a> | ';?>
 <a href="<?php echo get_permalink($comment->comment_post_ID); ?>"><?php _e('View Post') ?></a> | 
 <?php 
-echo " <a href=\"post.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=".$comment->comment_post_ID."&amp;comment=".$comment->comment_ID."\" onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'comment', $comment->comment_ID, '" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete."), wp_specialchars($comment->comment_author, 1)) . "' );\">" . __('Delete just this comment') . "</a> | "; ?>  <?php _e('Bulk action:') ?>
+echo " <a href=\"post.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=".$comment->comment_post_ID."&amp;comment=".$comment->comment_ID."\" onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'comment', $comment->comment_ID, '" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete."), js_ecape($comment->comment_author)) . "' );\">" . __('Delete just this comment') . "</a> | "; ?>  <?php _e('Bulk action:') ?>
 	<input type="radio" name="comment[<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>]" id="comment[<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>]-approve" value="approve" /> <label for="comment[<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>]-approve"><?php _e('Approve') ?></label>
 	<input type="radio" name="comment[<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>]" id="comment[<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>]-spam" value="spam" /> <label for="comment[<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>]-spam"><?php _e('Spam') ?></label>
 	<input type="radio" name="comment[<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>]" id="comment[<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>]-delete" value="delete" /> <label for="comment[<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>]-delete"><?php _e('Delete') ?></label>
diff --git a/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php b/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php
index 2559aea2b3..76fbd0847a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php
@@ -1015,4 +1015,9 @@ function wp_richedit_pre($text) {
 	return apply_filters('richedit_pre', $output);
 }
 
+// Escape single quotes, specialchar double quotes, and fix line endings.
+function js_escape($text) {
+	$text = wp_specialchars($text, 'double');
+	return preg_replace("/\r?\n/", "\\n", addslashes($text));	
+}
 ?>