diff --git a/comments/templates/comments/reply_to_report.html b/comments/templates/comments/reply_to_report.html
index 348d82701826f73a80777e21357ef24fbc042db9..d796bb1210d20cd90057e987d2eb59a5c9755c63 100644
--- a/comments/templates/comments/reply_to_report.html
+++ b/comments/templates/comments/reply_to_report.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-12">
             {% if not is_author %}
-                <h2>(you are not identified as an author of this Submission; if you are, you can claim authorship on your Personal Page)</h2>
+                <h2>You are not identified as an author of this Submission; if you are, you can claim authorship on your Personal Page.</h2>
             {% else %}
                 <h2>The Submission concerned:</h2>
 
diff --git a/partners/managers.py b/partners/managers.py
index 2b3e4b390a9ce49512f1a0dc01783ea7c582a968..d542b138578ce59188e4a7e20b462d54d0dec067 100644
--- a/partners/managers.py
+++ b/partners/managers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from django.db import models
-from django.db.models import F
 from django.utils import timezone
 
 from .constants import MEMBERSHIP_SUBMITTED, PROSPECTIVE_PARTNER_PROCESSED, REQUEST_INITIATED
diff --git a/submissions/templates/submissions/_single_public_report.html b/submissions/templates/submissions/_single_public_report.html
index a733936561c287c2c8b5ccf6f579efe52b20fd56..cc4b233b4540fd5b969181a41377ac181d727a70 100644
--- a/submissions/templates/submissions/_single_public_report.html
+++ b/submissions/templates/submissions/_single_public_report.html
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 {% extends 'submissions/_single_public_report_without_comments.html' %}
 
 {% block single_report_footer %}
-    <hr class="small">
-    <h3><a href="{% url 'comments:reply_to_report' report_id=report.id %}">Reply to this Report</a> (authors only)</h3>
+    {% if user.is_authenticated and perms.scipost.can_submit_comments %}
+        <hr class="small">
+        <h3><a href="{% url 'comments:reply_to_report' report_id=report.id %}">Reply to this Report</a> (authors only)</h3>
+    {% endif %}
 
     {% for reply in report.comment_set.vetted %}
         {% include 'comments/_single_comment_with_link.html' with comment=reply perms=perms user=user %}