diff --git a/wp-includes/default-widgets.php b/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
index 5033ae88ca..d307ec3019 100644
--- a/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
+++ b/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
@@ -559,8 +559,10 @@ class WP_Widget_Recent_Posts extends WP_Widget {
 		ob_start();
 		extract($args);
 
-		$title = apply_filters('widget_title', empty($instance['title']) ? __('Recent Posts') : $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base);
-		if ( empty( $instance['number'] ) || ! $number = absint( $instance['number'] ) )
+		$title = ( ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ) ? $instance['title'] : __( 'Recent Posts' );
+		$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $title, $instance, $this->id_base );
+		$number = ( ! empty( $instance['number'] ) ) ? absint( $instance['number'] ) : 10;
+		if ( ! $number )
  			$number = 10;
 		$show_date = isset( $instance['show_date'] ) ? $instance['show_date'] : false;
 
@@ -675,9 +677,11 @@ class WP_Widget_Recent_Comments extends WP_Widget {
 
  		extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);
  		$output = '';
-		$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', empty( $instance['title'] ) ? __( 'Recent Comments' ) : $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base );
 
-		if ( empty( $instance['number'] ) || ! $number = absint( $instance['number'] ) )
+		$title = ( ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ) ? $instance['title'] : __( 'Recent Comments' );
+		$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $title, $instance, $this->id_base );
+		$number = ( ! empty( $instance['number'] ) ) ? absint( $instance['number'] ) : 5;
+		if ( ! $number )
  			$number = 5;
 
 		$comments = get_comments( apply_filters( 'widget_comments_args', array( 'number' => $number, 'status' => 'approve', 'post_status' => 'publish' ) ) );
@@ -717,14 +721,14 @@ class WP_Widget_Recent_Comments extends WP_Widget {
 	}
 
 	function form( $instance ) {
-		$title = isset($instance['title']) ? esc_attr($instance['title']) : '';
-		$number = isset($instance['number']) ? absint($instance['number']) : 5;
+		$title  = isset( $instance['title'] ) ? esc_attr( $instance['title'] ) : '';
+		$number = isset( $instance['number'] ) ? absint( $instance['number'] ) : 5;
 ?>
-		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>"><?php _e('Title:'); ?></label>
-		<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></p>
+		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Title:' ); ?></label>
+		<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></p>
 
-		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('number'); ?>"><?php _e('Number of comments to show:'); ?></label>
-		<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('number'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('number'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $number; ?>" size="3" /></p>
+		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'number' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Number of comments to show:' ); ?></label>
+		<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'number' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'number' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $number; ?>" size="3" /></p>
 <?php
 	}
 }