diff --git a/app/Comment.php b/app/Comment.php
index 8588982e5..de01b6212 100644
--- a/app/Comment.php
+++ b/app/Comment.php
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ class Comment extends Ownable
         return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Not being used, but left here because might be used in the future for performance reasons.
+     */
     public function getPageComments($pageId) {
         $query = static::newQuery();
         $query->join('users AS u', 'comments.created_by', '=', 'u.id');
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/CommentController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/CommentController.php
index a08279e8c..e8d5eab30 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/CommentController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/CommentController.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use BookStack\Repos\EntityRepo;
 use BookStack\Comment;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
-// delete  -checkOwnablePermission \
 class CommentController extends Controller
 {
     protected $entityRepo;
@@ -68,12 +67,12 @@ class CommentController extends Controller
         $comment = $this->comment->findOrFail($id);
         $this->checkOwnablePermission('comment-delete', $comment);
         $this->commentRepo->delete($comment);
-        $comment = $this->commentRepo->getCommentById($comment->id);
+        $updatedComment = $this->commentRepo->getCommentById($comment->id);
 
         return response()->json([
-            'success' => true,
+            'status' => 'success',
             'message' => trans('entities.comment_deleted'),
-            'comment' => $comment
+            'comment' => $updatedComment
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -85,18 +84,10 @@ class CommentController extends Controller
             return response('Not found', 404);
         }
 
-        if($page->draft) {
-            // cannot add comments to drafts.
-            return response()->json([
-                'status' => 'error',
-                'message' => trans('errors.no_comments_for_draft'),
-            ], 400);
-        }
-
         $this->checkOwnablePermission('page-view', $page);
 
         $comments = $this->commentRepo->getPageComments($pageId);
-        return response()->json(['success' => true, 'comments'=> $comments['comments'],
+        return response()->json(['status' => 'success', 'comments'=> $comments['comments'],
             'total' => $comments['total'], 'permissions' => [
                 'comment_create' => $this->currentUser->can('comment-create-all'),
                 'comment_update_own' => $this->currentUser->can('comment-update-own'),
diff --git a/resources/assets/js/controllers.js b/resources/assets/js/controllers.js
index 67e77a542..3ef02d41f 100644
--- a/resources/assets/js/controllers.js
+++ b/resources/assets/js/controllers.js
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
 
         }]);
 
-    // CommentCrudController
+    // Controller used to reply to and add new comments
     ngApp.controller('CommentReplyController', ['$scope', '$http', '$timeout', function ($scope, $http, $timeout) {
         const MarkdownIt = require("markdown-it");
         const md = new MarkdownIt({html: true});
@@ -692,10 +692,12 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
         vm.saveComment = function () {
             let pageId = $scope.comment.pageId || $scope.pageId;
             let comment = $scope.comment.text;
+            if (!comment) {
+                return events.emit('warning', trans('errors.empty_comment'));
+            }
             let commentHTML = md.render($scope.comment.text);
             let serviceUrl = `/ajax/page/${pageId}/comment/`;
             let httpMethod = 'post';
-            let errorOp = 'add';
             let reqObj = {
                 text: comment,
                 html: commentHTML
@@ -705,14 +707,13 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
                 // this will be set when editing the comment.
                 serviceUrl = `/ajax/page/${pageId}/comment/${$scope.comment.id}`;
                 httpMethod = 'put';
-                errorOp = 'update';
             } else if ($scope.isReply === true) {
                 // if its reply, get the parent comment id
                 reqObj.parent_id = $scope.parentId;
             }
             $http[httpMethod](window.baseUrl(serviceUrl), reqObj).then(resp => {
-                if (!resp.data || resp.data.status !== 'success') {
-                     return events.emit('error', trans('error'));
+                if (!isCommentOpSuccess(resp)) {
+                     return;
                 }
                 // hide the comments first, and then retrigger the refresh
                 if ($scope.isEdit) {
@@ -734,44 +735,47 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
 
                 events.emit('success', trans(resp.data.message));
 
-            }, checkError(errorOp));
+            }, checkError);
 
         };
 
-        function checkError(errorGroupName) {
-            $scope.errors[errorGroupName] = {};
-            return function(response) {
-                if (typeof response.data !== 'undefined' && typeof response.data.error !== 'undefined') {
-                    events.emit('error', response.data.error);
-                }
-                if (typeof response.data !== 'undefined' && typeof response.data.validation !== 'undefined') {
-                    $scope.errors[errorGroupName] = response.data.validation;
-                    console.log($scope.errors[errorGroupName])
-                }
+        function checkError(response) {
+            let msg = null;
+            if (isCommentOpSuccess(response)) {
+                // all good
+                return;
+            } else if (response.data) {
+                msg = response.data.message;
+            } else {
+                msg = trans('errors.comment_add_error');
+            }
+            if (msg) {
+                events.emit('success', msg);
             }
         }
     }]);
 
+    // Controller used to delete comments
     ngApp.controller('CommentDeleteController', ['$scope', '$http', '$timeout', function ($scope, $http, $timeout) {
         let vm = this;
 
         vm.delete = function(comment) {
             $http.delete(window.baseUrl(`/ajax/comment/${comment.id}`)).then(resp => {
-                if (!resp.data || resp.data.success !== true) {
+                if (isCommentOpSuccess(resp)) {
                     return;
                 }
                 updateComment(comment, resp.data, $timeout, true);
             }, function (resp) {
-                if (!resp || !resp.data || resp.data.success !== true) {
-                    events.emit('error', trans('entities.comment_delete_fail'));
-                } else {
+                if (isCommentOpSuccess(resp)) {
                     events.emit('success', trans('entities.comment_delete_success'));
+                } else {
+                    events.emit('error', trans('entities.comment_delete_fail'));
                 }
             });
         };
     }]);
 
-    // CommentListController
+    // Controller used to fetch all comments for a page
     ngApp.controller('CommentListController', ['$scope', '$http', '$timeout', function ($scope, $http, $timeout) {
         let vm = this;
         $scope.errors = {};
@@ -779,6 +783,7 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
         $scope.level = 1;
         vm.totalCommentsStr = trans('entities.comments_loading');
         vm.permissions = {};
+        vm.trans = window.trans;
 
         $scope.$on('evt.new-comment', function (event, comment) {
             // add the comment to the comment list.
@@ -809,8 +814,7 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
 
         $timeout(function() {
             $http.get(window.baseUrl(`/ajax/page/${$scope.pageId}/comments/`)).then(resp => {
-                if (!resp.data || resp.data.success !== true) {
-                    // TODO : Handle error
+                if (!isCommentOpSuccess(resp)) {
                     return;
                 }
                 vm.comments = resp.data.comments;
@@ -818,11 +822,10 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
                 vm.permissions = resp.data.permissions;
                 vm.current_user_id = resp.data.user_id;
                 setTotalCommentMsg();
-            }, checkError('app'));
+            }, checkError);
         });
 
         function setTotalCommentMsg () {
-            // TODO : Fetch message from translate.
             if (vm.totalComments === 0) {
                 vm.totalCommentsStr = trans('entities.no_comments');
             } else if (vm.totalComments === 1) {
@@ -834,11 +837,19 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
             }
         }
 
-        function checkError(errorGroupName) {
-            $scope.errors[errorGroupName] = {};
-            return function(response) {
-                console.log(response);
-            };
+        function checkError(response) {
+            let msg = null;
+            if (isCommentOpSuccess(response)) {
+                // all good
+                return;
+            } else if (response.data) {
+                msg = response.data.message;
+            } else {
+                msg = trans('errors.comment_error');
+            }
+            if (msg) {
+                events.emit('success', msg);
+            }
         }
     }]);
 
@@ -860,4 +871,11 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
             comment.is_hidden = false;
         });
     }
+
+    function isCommentOpSuccess(resp) {
+        if (resp && resp.data && resp.data.status === 'success') {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 };
diff --git a/resources/assets/js/directives.js b/resources/assets/js/directives.js
index 3577cf396..0b9402a6b 100644
--- a/resources/assets/js/directives.js
+++ b/resources/assets/js/directives.js
@@ -845,9 +845,9 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
                 scope.closeBox = function () {
                     element.remove();
                     scope.$destroy();
-                }
+                };
             }
-        }
+        };
     }]);
 
     ngApp.directive('commentEdit', [function () {
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
             restrict: 'E',
             templateUrl: 'comment-reply.html',
             scope: {
-              comment: '=',
+              comment: '='
             },
             link: function (scope, element) {
                 scope.isEdit = true;
@@ -872,9 +872,9 @@ module.exports = function (ngApp, events) {
                 scope.closeBox = function () {
                     element.remove();
                     scope.$destroy();
-                }
+                };
             }
-        }
+        };
     }]);
 
 
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/entities.php b/resources/lang/en/entities.php
index c0439f0e1..08e11cfde 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/entities.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/entities.php
@@ -246,6 +246,12 @@ return [
     'one_comment' => '1 Comment',
     'comments_loading' => 'Loading...',
     'comment_save' => 'Save Comment',
+    'comment_reply' => 'Reply',
+    'comment_edit' => 'Edit',
+    'comment_delete' => 'Delete',
     'comment_cancel' => 'Cancel',
-    'comment_deleted' => 'This comment has been deleted.'
+    'comment_created' => 'Comment added',
+    'comment_updated' => 'Comment updated',
+    'comment_deleted' => 'Comment deleted',
+    'comment_updated_text' => 'Updated :updateDiff by'
 ];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/errors.php b/resources/lang/en/errors.php
index c4578a37a..fc2ac73b5 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/errors.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/errors.php
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ return [
     'role_system_cannot_be_deleted' => 'This role is a system role and cannot be deleted',
     'role_registration_default_cannot_delete' => 'This role cannot be deleted while set as the default registration role',
 
+    // Comments
+    'comment_error' => 'An error occurred while fetching the comments.',
+    'cannot_add_comment_to_draft' => 'You cannot add comments to a draft.',
+    'comment_add_error' => 'An error occurred while adding the comment.',
+    'empty_comment' => 'Cannot add an empty comment.',
+
     // Error pages
     '404_page_not_found' => 'Page Not Found',
     'sorry_page_not_found' => 'Sorry, The page you were looking for could not be found.',
diff --git a/resources/views/comments/comment-reply.blade.php b/resources/views/comments/comment-reply.blade.php
index 16fa2bff0..9c698bf0d 100644
--- a/resources/views/comments/comment-reply.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/comments/comment-reply.blade.php
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <div class="comment-editor" ng-controller="CommentReplyController as vm" ng-cloak>
     <form novalidate>
-        <textarea name="markdown" rows="3" ng-model="comment.text" placeholder="{{ trans('entities.comment_placeholder') }}"
-                  @if($errors->has('markdown')) class="neg" @endif>@if(isset($model) ||
-                  old('markdown')){{htmlspecialchars( old('markdown') ? old('markdown') : ($model->markdown === '' ? $model->html : $model->markdown))}}@endif</textarea>
+        <textarea name="markdown" rows="3" ng-model="comment.text" placeholder="{{ trans('entities.comment_placeholder') }}"></textarea>
         <input type="hidden" ng-model="comment.pageId" name="comment.pageId" value="{{$pageId}}" ng-init="comment.pageId = {{$pageId }}">
         <button type="button" ng-if="::(isReply || isEdit)" class="button muted" ng-click="closeBox()">{{ trans('entities.comment_cancel') }}</button>
         <button type="submit" class="button pos" ng-click="vm.saveComment(isReply)">{{ trans('entities.comment_save') }}</button>
diff --git a/resources/views/comments/list-item.blade.php b/resources/views/comments/list-item.blade.php
index ec0b13f17..eb2bcf8ab 100644
--- a/resources/views/comments/list-item.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/comments/list-item.blade.php
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
         </div>
         <div class="comment-actions">
             <ul ng-if="!comment.is_hidden">
-                <li ng-if="::(level < 3 && vm.canComment())"><a href="#" comment-reply-link no-comment-reply-dupe="true" comment="comment" is-reply="true">Reply</a></li>
-                <li ng-if="::vm.canEdit(comment)"><a href="#" comment-reply-link no-comment-reply-dupe="true" comment="comment" >Edit</a></li>
-                <li ng-if="::vm.canEdit(comment, true)"><a href="#" comment-delete-link comment="comment" >Delete</a></li>
+                <li ng-if="::(level < 3 && vm.canComment())"><a href="#" comment-reply-link no-comment-reply-dupe="true" comment="comment" is-reply="true">{{ trans('entities.comment_reply') }}</a></li>
+                <li ng-if="::vm.canEdit(comment)"><a href="#" comment-reply-link no-comment-reply-dupe="true" comment="comment" >{{ trans('entities.comment_edit') }}</a></li>
+                <li ng-if="::vm.canEdit(comment, true)"><a href="#" comment-delete-link comment="comment" >{{ trans('entities.comment_delete') }}</a></li>
                 <li>Created <a title="@{{::comment.created.day_time_str}}" href="#comment-@{{::comment.id}}-@{{::pageId}}">@{{::comment.created.diff}}</a></li>
-                <li ng-if="::comment.updated"><span title="@{{::comment.updated.day_time_str}}">Updated @{{::comment.updated.diff}} by
-                    <a href="@{{::comment.updated_by.profile_url}}">@{{::comment.updated_by.name}}</a></span></li>
+                <li ng-if="::comment.updated"><span title="@{{::comment.updated.day_time_str}}">@{{ ::vm.trans('entities.comment_updated_text', { updateDiff: comment.updated.diff }) }}
+                        <a href="@{{::comment.updated_by.profile_url}}">@{{::comment.updated_by.name}}</a></span></li>
             </ul>
         </div>
         <div class="comment-box" ng-repeat="comment in comments = comment.sub_comments track by comment.id" ng-init="level = level + 1">