diff --git a/app/rest/admin.go b/app/rest/admin.go
index 11627d41..e24a0c34 100644
--- a/app/rest/admin.go
+++ b/app/rest/admin.go
@@ -120,11 +120,8 @@ func (a *admin) maskBlockedUsers(comments []store.Comment) (res []store.Comment)
 	res = make([]store.Comment, len(comments))
 	for i, c := range comments {
 		if a.dataService.IsBlocked(c.Locator.SiteID, c.User.ID) {
+			c = store.MaskComment(c)
 			c.User.Blocked = true
-			c.Text = "this comment was deleted"
-			c.Score = 0
-			c.Votes = map[string]bool{}
-			c.Edit = nil
 		}
 		res[i] = c
 	}
diff --git a/app/store/bolt.go b/app/store/bolt.go
index 71181361..770f8754 100644
--- a/app/store/bolt.go
+++ b/app/store/bolt.go
@@ -142,11 +142,8 @@ func (b *BoltDB) Delete(locator Locator, commentID string) error {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "can't load key %s from bucket %s", commentID, locator.URL)
 		}
 		// set deleted status and clear fields
+		comment = MaskComment(comment)
 		comment.Deleted = true
-		comment.Text = "this comment was deleted"
-		comment.Score = 0
-		comment.Votes = map[string]bool{}
-		comment.Edit = nil
 
 		if err := b.save(bucket, []byte(commentID), comment); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "can't save deleted comment for key %s from bucket %s", commentID, locator.URL)
diff --git a/app/store/store.go b/app/store/store.go
index d58adff3..558423af 100644
--- a/app/store/store.go
+++ b/app/store/store.go
@@ -133,3 +133,12 @@ func sortComments(comments []Comment, sortFld string) []Comment {
 	})
 	return comments
 }
+
+// MaskComment clears comment info, reset to "Deleted/Blocked"
+func MaskComment(comment Comment) Comment {
+	comment.Text = "this comment was deleted"
+	comment.Score = 0
+	comment.Votes = map[string]bool{}
+	comment.Edit = nil
+	return comment
+}