diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
index 138dd74e85..ff2ffe99b9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@ function comment_submit_meta_box($comment) { // not used, but keeping for a bit
 <div class="submitbox" id="submitcomment">
 <div class="inside-submitbox">
 
-<p><strong><label for='comment_status'><?php _e('Approval Status') ?></label></strong></p>
-<p>
-<select name='comment_status' id='comment_status'>
-<option<?php selected( $comment->comment_approved, '1' ); ?> value='1'><?php _e('Approved') ?></option>
-<option<?php selected( $comment->comment_approved, '0' ); ?> value='0'><?php _e('Awaiting Moderation') ?></option>
-<option<?php selected( $comment->comment_approved, 'spam' ); ?> value='spam'><?php _e('Spam') ?></option>
-</select>
+<p><strong><?php _e('Approval Status') ?></strong></p>
+<p id='comment-status-radio'>
+<label><input type="radio"<?php checked( $comment->comment_approved, '1' ); ?> name="comment_status" value="1" /><?php _e('Approved') ?></label>
+<label><input type="radio"<?php checked( $comment->comment_approved, '0' ); ?> name="comment_status" value="0" /><?php _e('Awaiting Moderation') ?></label>
+<label><input type="radio"<?php checked( $comment->comment_approved, 'spam' ); ?> name="comment_status" value="spam" /><?php _e('Spam') ?></label>
 </p>
 
 <div class="insidebox" id="deletebutton">
@@ -72,12 +70,13 @@ $time = mysql2date(get_option('time_format'), $comment->comment_date);
 <div class="submitbox" id="submitcomment">
 <div class="inside-submitbox">
 
-<div class="insidebox"><strong><label for='comment_status'><?php _e('This comment is') ?></label></strong><br />
-<select name='comment_status' id='comment_status'>
-<option<?php selected( $comment->comment_approved, '1' ); ?> value='1'><?php _e('Approved') ?></option>
-<option<?php selected( $comment->comment_approved, '0' ); ?> value='0'><?php _e('Awaiting Moderation') ?></option>
-<option<?php selected( $comment->comment_approved, 'spam' ); ?> value='spam'><?php _e('Spam') ?></option>
-</select>
+<div class="insidebox">
+<div id='comment-status-radio'>
+<p><strong><?php _e('This comment is') ?></strong></p>
+<label><input type="radio"<?php checked( $comment->comment_approved, '1' ); ?> name="comment_status" value="1" /><?php _e('Approved') ?></label><br />
+<label><input type="radio"<?php checked( $comment->comment_approved, '0' ); ?> name="comment_status" value="0" /><?php _e('Awaiting Moderation') ?></label><br />
+<label><input type="radio"<?php checked( $comment->comment_approved, 'spam' ); ?> name="comment_status" value="spam" /><?php _e('Spam') ?></label>
+</div>
 </div>
 
 <div class="insidebox" id="deletebutton">
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 50ea85c7aa..37dc736cb5 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ textarea.all-options, input.all-options {
 	padding: 0;
 }
 
-#emaildiv input, #uridiv input {
+#emaildiv input, #uridiv input, .stuffbox #name {
 	width: 94%;
 }
 
@@ -1138,6 +1138,19 @@ table.form-table td .updated {
 	margin: 0;
 }
 
+#comment-status-radio p {
+	margin: 3px 0 5px;
+}
+
+#comment-status-radio input {
+	margin: 2px 3px 5px 0;
+	vertical-align: middle;
+}
+
+#comment-status-radio label {
+	padding: 5px 0;
+}
+
 #tagchecklist {
 	margin-left: 10px;
 	font-size: 12px;