diff --git a/components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php b/components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
index a5503a57a213d..b5f5b5f215f17 100644
--- a/components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
+++ b/components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 		$offset = $this->state->get('list.offset');
 
 		// Check the view access to the article (the model has already computed the values).
-		if ($item->params->get('access-view') != true && (($item->params->get('show_noauth') != true &&  $user->get('guest') )))
+		if ($item->params->get('access-view') == false && ($item->params->get('show_noauth', '0') == '0'))
 		{
 			JError::raiseWarning(403, JText::_('JERROR_ALERTNOAUTHOR'));
 			return;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 
 		if ($item->params->get('show_intro', '1') == '1')
 		{
-			$item->text = $item->introtext.' '.$item->fulltext;
+			$item->text = $item->introtext . ' ' . $item->fulltext;
 		}
 		elseif ($item->fulltext)
 		{