diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index fa88bb0b21..a3c18396f8 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\', ' . $comment->comment_ID . ', \'' . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete."), js_escape($comment->comment_author)) . "' );\">" . __('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 . ', \'' . __("You are about to delete this comment.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete.") . "' );\">" . __('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."), js_escape( $comment->comment_author)) . "')\"    class='delete'>" . __('Delete') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
+            echo "<a href=\"post.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=".$comment->comment_post_ID."&amp;comment=".$comment->comment_ID."\" onclick=\"return confirm('" . __("You are about to delete this comment\\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete.") . "')\"    class='delete'>" . __('Delete') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
   </tr>
 		<?php 
 		} // end foreach
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index e8bdfab5d9..9b6ffef7e0 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ $comment_status = wp_get_comment_status($comment->comment_ID);
   <?php 
 			if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $post->ID) ) {
 				echo "[ <a href=\"post.php?action=editcomment&amp;comment=".$comment->comment_ID."\">" .  __('Edit') . "</a>";
-				echo ' - <a href="' . wp_nonce_url('post.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=' . $post->ID . '&amp;comment=' . $comment->comment_ID, 'delete-comment' . $comment->comment_ID) . '" onclick="return confirm(\'' . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete."), wp_specialchars($comment->comment_author, 1)) . "');\">" . __('Delete') . '</a> ';
+				echo ' - <a href="' . wp_nonce_url('post.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=' . $post->ID . '&amp;comment=' . $comment->comment_ID, 'delete-comment' . $comment->comment_ID) . '" onclick="return confirm(\'' . __("You are about to delete this comment.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete.") . "');\">" . __('Delete') . '</a> ';
 
 				if ( ('none' != $comment_status) && ( current_user_can('moderate_comments') ) ) {
 					if ('approved' == wp_get_comment_status($comment->comment_ID)) {