diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-control-button.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-control-button.js
index 23323f575..8bca5fbb3 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-control-button.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-control-button.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 
 import { trackAnalyticsEvent } from '../../utils/tracking-utils';
@@ -25,9 +26,11 @@ class NodeDetailsControlButton extends React.Component {
 
   handleClick(ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
-    const { id, human } = this.props.control;
+    const { id, human, confirmation } = this.props.control;
     trackAnalyticsEvent('scope.node.control.click', { id, title: human });
-    this.props.dispatch(doControl(this.props.nodeId, this.props.control));
+    if (isEmpty(confirmation) || window.confirm(confirmation)) { // eslint-disable-line no-alert
+      this.props.dispatch(doControl(this.props.nodeId, this.props.control));
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-controls.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-controls.js
index edb9029ec..41e08794f 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-controls.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-controls.js
@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@ export default function NodeDetailsControls({
         </div>
       }
       <span className="node-details-controls-buttons">
-        {sortBy(controls, 'rank').map(control => (<NodeDetailsControlButton
-          nodeId={nodeId}
-          control={control}
-          pending={pending}
-          key={control.id} />))}
+        {sortBy(controls, 'rank').map(control => (
+          <NodeDetailsControlButton
+            nodeId={nodeId}
+            control={control}
+            pending={pending}
+            key={control.id}
+          />
+        ))}
       </span>
       {controls && <span title="Applying..." className={spinnerClassName} />}
     </div>
diff --git a/probe/kubernetes/reporter.go b/probe/kubernetes/reporter.go
index 2be582e08..e56b3ad0c 100644
--- a/probe/kubernetes/reporter.go
+++ b/probe/kubernetes/reporter.go
@@ -538,10 +538,11 @@ func (r *Reporter) podTopology(services []Service, deployments []Deployment, dae
 		Rank:  0,
 	})
 	pods.Controls.AddControl(report.Control{
-		ID:    DeletePod,
-		Human: "Delete",
-		Icon:  "far fa-trash-alt",
-		Rank:  1,
+		ID:           DeletePod,
+		Human:        "Delete",
+		Icon:         "far fa-trash-alt",
+		Confirmation: "Are you sure you want to delete this pod?",
+		Rank:         1,
 	})
 	for _, service := range services {
 		selectors = append(selectors, match(
diff --git a/render/detailed/node.go b/render/detailed/node.go
index 459cc593f..7b8b29164 100644
--- a/render/detailed/node.go
+++ b/render/detailed/node.go
@@ -41,24 +41,26 @@ func (*ControlInstance) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 }
 
 type wiredControlInstance struct {
-	ProbeID string `json:"probeId"`
-	NodeID  string `json:"nodeId"`
-	ID      string `json:"id"`
-	Human   string `json:"human"`
-	Icon    string `json:"icon"`
-	Rank    int    `json:"rank"`
+	ProbeID      string `json:"probeId"`
+	NodeID       string `json:"nodeId"`
+	ID           string `json:"id"`
+	Human        string `json:"human"`
+	Icon         string `json:"icon"`
+	Confirmation string `json:"confirmation,omitempty"`
+	Rank         int    `json:"rank"`
 }
 
 // CodecEncodeSelf marshals this ControlInstance. It takes the basic Metric
 // rendering, then adds some row-specific fields.
 func (c *ControlInstance) CodecEncodeSelf(encoder *codec.Encoder) {
 	encoder.Encode(wiredControlInstance{
-		ProbeID: c.ProbeID,
-		NodeID:  c.NodeID,
-		ID:      c.Control.ID,
-		Human:   c.Control.Human,
-		Icon:    c.Control.Icon,
-		Rank:    c.Control.Rank,
+		ProbeID:      c.ProbeID,
+		NodeID:       c.NodeID,
+		ID:           c.Control.ID,
+		Human:        c.Control.Human,
+		Icon:         c.Control.Icon,
+		Confirmation: c.Control.Confirmation,
+		Rank:         c.Control.Rank,
 	})
 }
 
@@ -70,10 +72,11 @@ func (c *ControlInstance) CodecDecodeSelf(decoder *codec.Decoder) {
 		ProbeID: in.ProbeID,
 		NodeID:  in.NodeID,
 		Control: report.Control{
-			ID:    in.ID,
-			Human: in.Human,
-			Icon:  in.Icon,
-			Rank:  in.Rank,
+			ID:           in.ID,
+			Human:        in.Human,
+			Icon:         in.Icon,
+			Confirmation: in.Confirmation,
+			Rank:         in.Rank,
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/report/controls.go b/report/controls.go
index f534de5dd..dcf5cb3a6 100644
--- a/report/controls.go
+++ b/report/controls.go
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ type Controls map[string]Control
 
 // A Control basically describes an RPC
 type Control struct {
-	ID    string `json:"id"`
-	Human string `json:"human"`
-	Icon  string `json:"icon"` // from https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/cheatsheet/ please
-	Rank  int    `json:"rank"`
+	ID           string `json:"id"`
+	Human        string `json:"human"`
+	Icon         string `json:"icon"` // from https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/cheatsheet/ please
+	Confirmation string `json:"confirmation,omitempty"`
+	Rank         int    `json:"rank"`
 }
 
 // Merge merges other with cs, returning a fresh Controls.