diff --git a/src/wp-admin/js/customize-controls.js b/src/wp-admin/js/customize-controls.js
index dcef922739..e236650740 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/js/customize-controls.js
+++ b/src/wp-admin/js/customize-controls.js
@@ -6331,7 +6331,35 @@
 			footerActions = $( '#customize-footer-actions' );
 
 		api.section( 'publish_settings', function( section ) {
-			var updateButtonsState, previewLinkControl, previewLinkControlId = 'changeset_preview_link', updateSectionActive, isSectionActive;
+			var updateButtonsState, previewLinkControl, TrashControl, trashControlInstance, trashControlId = 'trash_changeset', previewLinkControlId = 'changeset_preview_link', updateSectionActive, isSectionActive;
+
+			TrashControl = api.Control.extend( {
+
+				// This is a temporary hack while waiting for richer JS templating and dynamic instantiation.
+				embed: function() {
+					var control = this;
+					control.templateSelector = 'customize-trash-changeset-control';
+					return api.Control.prototype.embed.apply( control, arguments );
+				}
+			} );
+
+			trashControlInstance = new TrashControl( trashControlId, {
+				params: {
+					type: 'button',
+					section: section.id,
+					active: true,
+					priority: 30,
+					content: '<li id="customize-control-' + trashControlId + '" class="customize-control"></li>'
+				}
+			} );
+			api.control.add( trashControlId, trashControlInstance );
+			trashControlInstance.deferred.embedded.done( function() {
+				trashControlInstance.container.find( 'button' ).on( 'click', function() {
+					if ( confirm( api.l10n.trashConfirm ) ) {
+						wp.customize.previewer.trash();
+					}
+				} );
+			} );
 
 			previewLinkControl = new api.PreviewLinkControl( previewLinkControlId, {
 				params: {
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php
index 4a6980c224..87368a93cd 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php
@@ -3639,7 +3639,7 @@ final class WP_Customize_Manager {
 			</div>
 		</script>
 		<script type="text/html" id="tmpl-customize-trash-changeset-control">
-			<button type="button" class="button-link button-link-delete"><?php _e( 'Trash unpublished changes' ); ?></button>
+			<button type="button" class="button-link button-link-delete"><?php _e( 'Discard changes' ); ?></button>
 		</script>
 		<?php
 	}
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 208b965901..250089dc25 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 		'themeDownloading'   => __( 'Downloading your new theme&hellip;' ),
 		'themePreviewWait'   => __( 'Setting up your live preview. This may take a bit.' ),
 		'revertingChanges'   => __( 'Reverting unpublished changes&hellip;' ),
-		'trashConfirm'       => __( 'Are you sure you would like to discard your unpublished changes?' ),
+		'trashConfirm'       => __( 'Are you sure you&#8217;d like to discard your unpublished changes?' ),
 		/* translators: %s: URL to the Customizer to load the autosaved version */
 		'autosaveNotice'     => __( 'There is a more recent autosave of your changes than the one you are previewing. <a href="%s">Restore the autosave</a>' ),
 		'videoHeaderNotice'  => __( 'This theme doesn\'t support video headers on this page. Navigate to the front page or another page that supports video headers.' ),