diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
index 3902de2729..602fddcb98 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ ul.widget-control-list .sorthelper {
 }
 
 #adminmenu li a #awaiting-mod {
-	background-image: url(../images/comment-stalk.gif);
+	background-image: url(../images/comment-stalk-classic.gif);
 }
 
 #adminmenu li a #awaiting-mod span {
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ ul.widget-control-list .sorthelper {
 
 
 #adminmenu li a:hover #awaiting-mod span {
-	background-color: #264761;
+	background-color: #07273E;
 }
 
 #adminmenu, div#media-upload-header {
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
index 865abb8348..2b4c17ff56 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ ul.widget-control-list .sorthelper {
 }
 
 #adminmenu li a #awaiting-mod {
-	background-image: url(../images/comment-stalk.gif);
+	background-image: url(../images/comment-stalk-fresh.gif);
 }
 
 #adminmenu li a #awaiting-mod span, #rightnow .reallynow {
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/comment-stalk-classic.gif b/wp-admin/images/comment-stalk-classic.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3cf83a5c10
Binary files /dev/null and b/wp-admin/images/comment-stalk-classic.gif differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/comment-stalk.gif b/wp-admin/images/comment-stalk-fresh.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from wp-admin/images/comment-stalk.gif
rename to wp-admin/images/comment-stalk-fresh.gif