diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index 2a5e74bea4..6e6afb2595 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ function wp_dashboard_right_now() {
 	}
 	// Comments
 	$num_comm = wp_count_comments();
-	if ( $num_comm && $num_comm->total_comments ) {
-		$text = sprintf( _n( '%s Comment', '%s Comments', $num_comm->total_comments ), number_format_i18n( $num_comm->total_comments ) );
+	if ( $num_comm && $num_comm->approved ) {
+		$text = sprintf( _n( '%s Comment', '%s Comments', $num_comm->approved ), number_format_i18n( $num_comm->approved ) );
 		?>
 		<li class="comment-count"><a href="edit-comments.php"><?php echo $text; ?></a></li>
 		<?php