diff --git a/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/confirm-delete.js b/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/confirm-action.js
similarity index 90%
rename from ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/confirm-delete.js
rename to ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/confirm-action.js
index c12d4d524f1..2187cf6e62b 100644
--- a/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/confirm-delete.js
+++ b/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/confirm-action.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-this.ckan.module('confirm-delete', function (jQuery, _) {
+this.ckan.module('confirm-action', function (jQuery, _) {
   return {
     /* An object of module options */
     options: {
       /* Locale options can be overidden with data-module-i18n attribute */
       i18n: {
         heading: _('Please Confirm Action'),
-        content: _('Are you sure you want to delete this item?'),
+        content: _('Are you sure you want to perform this action?'),
         confirm: _('Confirm'),
         cancel: _('Cancel')
       },
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ this.ckan.module('confirm-delete', function (jQuery, _) {
     },
 
     /* Presents the user with a confirm dialogue to ensure that they wish to
-     * delete the current item.
+     * continue with the current action.
      *
      * Examples
      *
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ this.ckan.module('confirm-delete', function (jQuery, _) {
       this.modal.modal('show');
     },
 
-    /* Performs the delete action for the current item.
+    /* Performs the action for the current item.
      *
      * Returns nothing.
      */
-    performDelete: function () {
+    performAction: function () {
       // create a form and submit it to confirm the deletion
       var form = jQuery('<form/>', {
         action: this.el.attr('href'),
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ this.ckan.module('confirm-delete', function (jQuery, _) {
 
     /* Event handler for the success event */
     _onConfirmSuccess: function (event) {
-      this.performDelete();
+      this.performAction();
     },
 
     /* Event handler for the cancel event */
diff --git a/ckan/public/base/test/index.html b/ckan/public/base/test/index.html
index b59622b7fe6..f55e67a249c 100644
--- a/ckan/public/base/test/index.html
+++ b/ckan/public/base/test/index.html
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <script src="../javascript/modules/autocomplete.js"></script>
     <script src="../javascript/modules/resource-form.js"></script>
     <script src="../javascript/modules/resource-upload-field.js"></script>
-    <script src="../javascript/modules/confirm-delete.js"></script>
+    <script src="../javascript/modules/confirm-action.js"></script>
     <script src="../javascript/modules/custom-fields.js"></script>
     <script src="../javascript/modules/related-item.js"></script>
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <script src="./spec/notify.spec.js"></script>
     <script src="./spec/modules/resource-form.spec.js"></script>
     <script src="./spec/modules/resource-upload-field.spec.js"></script>
-    <script src="./spec/modules/confirm-delete.spec.js"></script>
+    <script src="./spec/modules/confirm-action.spec.js"></script>
     <script src="./spec/modules/basic-form.spec.js"></script>
     <script src="./spec/modules/autocomplete.spec.js"></script>
     <script src="./spec/modules/custom-fields.spec.js"></script>
diff --git a/ckan/public/base/test/spec/modules/confirm-delete.spec.js b/ckan/public/base/test/spec/modules/confirm-action.spec.js
similarity index 89%
rename from ckan/public/base/test/spec/modules/confirm-delete.spec.js
rename to ckan/public/base/test/spec/modules/confirm-action.spec.js
index 04eddffe57b..0185afd8fc8 100644
--- a/ckan/public/base/test/spec/modules/confirm-delete.spec.js
+++ b/ckan/public/base/test/spec/modules/confirm-action.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*globals describe beforeEach afterEach it assert sinon ckan jQuery */
-describe('ckan.module.ConfirmDeleteModule()', function () {
-  var ConfirmDeleteModule = ckan.module.registry['confirm-delete'];
+describe('ckan.module.ConfirmActionModule()', function () {
+  var ConfirmActionModule = ckan.module.registry['confirm-action'];
 
   beforeEach(function () {
     jQuery.fn.modal = sinon.spy();
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe('ckan.module.ConfirmDeleteModule()', function () {
     this.el = document.createElement('button');
     this.sandbox = ckan.sandbox();
     this.sandbox.body = this.fixture;
-    this.module = new ConfirmDeleteModule(this.el, {}, this.sandbox);
+    this.module = new ConfirmActionModule(this.el, {}, this.sandbox);
   });
 
   afterEach(function () {
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ describe('ckan.module.ConfirmDeleteModule()', function () {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('.performDelete()', function () {
-    it('should submit the delete action');
+  describe('.performAction()', function () {
+    it('should submit the action');
   });
 
   describe('.createModal()', function () {
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ describe('ckan.module.ConfirmDeleteModule()', function () {
   });
 
   describe('._onConfirmSuccess()', function () {
-    it('should perform the delete action', function () {
-      var target = sinon.stub(this.module, 'performDelete');
+    it('should perform the action', function () {
+      var target = sinon.stub(this.module, 'performAction');
       this.module._onConfirmSuccess(jQuery.Event('click'));
       assert.called(target);
     });
diff --git a/ckan/templates/group/snippets/group_form.html b/ckan/templates/group/snippets/group_form.html
index 0421c87c9e8..328be6e3289 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/group/snippets/group_form.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/group/snippets/group_form.html
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
       {% block delete_button %}
         {% if h.check_access('group_delete', {'id': data.id})  %}
           {% set locale = h.dump_json({'content': _('Are you sure you want to delete this Group?')}) %}
-          <a class="btn btn-danger pull-left" href="{% url_for controller='group', action='delete', id=data.id %}" data-module="confirm-delete" data-module-i18n="{{ locale }}">{% block delete_button_text %}{{ _('Delete') }}{% endblock %}</a>
+          <a class="btn btn-danger pull-left" href="{% url_for controller='group', action='delete', id=data.id %}" data-module="confirm-action" data-module-i18n="{{ locale }}">{% block delete_button_text %}{{ _('Delete') }}{% endblock %}</a>
         {% endif %}
       {% endblock %}
     <button class="btn btn-primary" name="save">{% block save_text %}{{ _('Save Group') }}{% endblock %}</button>
diff --git a/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_form.html b/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_form.html
index 2d9aa3b6263..bfbe0138e5b 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_form.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/package/snippets/package_form.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       {% block delete_button %}
         {% if h.check_access('package_delete', {'id': data.id})  %}
           {% set locale = h.dump_json({'content': _('Are you sure you want to delete this dataset?')}) %}
-          <a class="btn btn-danger pull-left" href="{% url_for controller='package', action='delete', id=data.id %}" data-module="confirm-delete" data-module-i18n="{{ locale }}">{% block delete_button_text %}{{ _('Delete') }}{% endblock %}</a>
+          <a class="btn btn-danger pull-left" href="{% url_for controller='package', action='delete', id=data.id %}" data-module="confirm-action" data-module-i18n="{{ locale }}">{% block delete_button_text %}{{ _('Delete') }}{% endblock %}</a>
         {% endif %}
       {% endblock %}
       {% block cancel_button %}
diff --git a/ckan/templates/package/snippets/resource_form.html b/ckan/templates/package/snippets/resource_form.html
index 6ebf7aae3a5..44656320136 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/package/snippets/resource_form.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/package/snippets/resource_form.html
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       {% if data.id %}
         {% if h.check_access('resource_delete', {'id': data.id})  %}
           {% set locale = h.dump_json({'content': _('Are you sure you want to delete this resource?')}) %}
-          <a class="btn btn-danger pull-left" href="{% url_for controller='package', action='resource_delete', resource_id=data.id, id=pkg_name %}" data-module="confirm-delete" data-module-i18n="{{ locale }}">{% block delete_button_text %}{{ _('Delete') }}{% endblock %}</a>
+          <a class="btn btn-danger pull-left" href="{% url_for controller='package', action='resource_delete', resource_id=data.id, id=pkg_name %}" data-module="confirm-action" data-module-i18n="{{ locale }}">{% block delete_button_text %}{{ _('Delete') }}{% endblock %}</a>
         {% endif %}
       {% endif %}
     {% endblock %}
diff --git a/ckan/templates/related/snippets/related_form.html b/ckan/templates/related/snippets/related_form.html
index 14835f5c3f5..2b156b33343 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/related/snippets/related_form.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/related/snippets/related_form.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     {% block delete_button %}
       {% if h.check_access('related_delete', {'id': data.id})  %}
         {% set locale = h.dump_json({'content': _('Are you sure you want to delete this related item?')}) %}
-        <a class="btn btn-danger pull-left" href="{% url_for controller='related', action='delete', related_id=data.id, id=c.pkg_id %}" data-module="confirm-delete" data-module-i18n="{{ locale }}">{% block delete_button_text %}{{ _('Delete') }}{% endblock %}</a>
+        <a class="btn btn-danger pull-left" href="{% url_for controller='related', action='delete', related_id=data.id, id=c.pkg_id %}" data-module="confirm-action" data-module-i18n="{{ locale }}">{% block delete_button_text %}{{ _('Delete') }}{% endblock %}</a>
       {% endif %}
     {% endblock %}
     {{ h.nav_link(_('Cancel'), controller='related', action='list', id=c.id, class_='btn') }}
diff --git a/ckan/templates/snippets/scripts.html b/ckan/templates/snippets/scripts.html
index 33af750f40a..5cdb4a10311 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/snippets/scripts.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/snippets/scripts.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 <script src="{% url_for_static '/base/javascript/modules/select-switch.js' %}"></script>
 <script src="{% url_for_static '/base/javascript/modules/slug-preview.js' %}"></script>
 <script src="{% url_for_static '/base/javascript/modules/basic-form.js' %}"></script>
-<script src="{% url_for_static '/base/javascript/modules/confirm-delete.js' %}"></script>
+<script src="{% url_for_static '/base/javascript/modules/confirm-action.js' %}"></script>
 <script src="{% url_for_static '/base/javascript/modules/api-info.js' %}"></script>
 <script src="{% url_for_static '/base/javascript/modules/autocomplete.js' %}"></script>
 <script src="{% url_for_static '/base/javascript/modules/custom-fields.js' %}"></script>