diff --git a/client/components/notice/index.jsx b/client/components/notice/index.jsx
index 452d43445a9f85..50e356f0694335 100644
--- a/client/components/notice/index.jsx
+++ b/client/components/notice/index.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * External dependencies
  */
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import noop from 'lodash/utility/noop';
 
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ export default React.createClass( {
 
 	propTypes: {
 		// we should validate the allowed statuses
-		status: React.PropTypes.string,
-		showDismiss: React.PropTypes.bool,
-		isCompact: React.PropTypes.bool,
-		text: React.PropTypes.oneOfType( [
-			React.PropTypes.string,
-			React.PropTypes.object
+		status: PropTypes.string,
+		showDismiss: PropTypes.bool,
+		isCompact: PropTypes.bool,
+		text: PropTypes.oneOfType( [
+			PropTypes.oneOfType( [ PropTypes.string, PropTypes.node ] ),
+			PropTypes.arrayOf( PropTypes.oneOfType( [ PropTypes.string, PropTypes.node ] ) )
 		] ),
-		icon: React.PropTypes.string,
-		className: React.PropTypes.string
+		icon: PropTypes.string,
+		className: PropTypes.string
 	},
 
 	renderChildren() {
diff --git a/client/lib/posts/test/utils.js b/client/lib/posts/test/utils.js
index 6ad88f16cf93bc..5660a16bb46af7 100644
--- a/client/lib/posts/test/utils.js
+++ b/client/lib/posts/test/utils.js
@@ -27,6 +27,38 @@ describe( 'PostUtils', function() {
 		} );
 	} );
 
+	describe( '#isPrivate', function() {
+		it( 'should return undefined when no post is supplied', function() {
+			assert( postUtils.isPrivate() === undefined );
+		} );
+
+		it( 'should return true when post.status is private', function() {
+			assert( postUtils.isPrivate( { status: 'private' } ) );
+		} );
+
+		it( 'should return false when post.status is not private', function() {
+			assert( ! postUtils.isPrivate( { status: 'draft' } ) );
+		} );
+	} );
+
+	describe( '#isPublished', function() {
+		it( 'should return undefined when no post is supplied', function() {
+			assert( postUtils.isPublished() === undefined );
+		} );
+
+		it( 'should return true when post.status is private', function() {
+			assert( postUtils.isPublished( { status: 'private' } ) );
+		} );
+
+		it( 'should return true when post.status is publish', function() {
+			assert( postUtils.isPublished( { status: 'publish' } ) );
+		} );
+
+		it( 'should return false when post.status is not publish or private', function() {
+			assert( ! postUtils.isPublished( { status: 'draft' } ) );
+		} );
+	} );
+
 	describe( '#removeSlug', function() {
 		it( 'should return undefined when no path is supplied', function() {
 			assert( postUtils.removeSlug() === undefined );
diff --git a/client/lib/posts/utils.js b/client/lib/posts/utils.js
index d82216ea8b2873..9cc1acafbca7a8 100644
--- a/client/lib/posts/utils.js
+++ b/client/lib/posts/utils.js
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ var utils = {
 		return post && ( post.status === 'publish' || post.status === 'private' );
 	},
 
+	isPrivate: function( post ) {
+		return post && ( 'private' === post.status );
+	},
+
 	getEditedTime: function( post ) {
 		if ( ! post ) {
 			return;
diff --git a/client/post-editor/post-editor.jsx b/client/post-editor/post-editor.jsx
index 0a798dbf843704..f8a661499c762f 100644
--- a/client/post-editor/post-editor.jsx
+++ b/client/post-editor/post-editor.jsx
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ var actions = require( 'lib/posts/actions' ),
 	EditorMobileNavigation = require( 'post-editor/editor-mobile-navigation' ),
 	layoutFocus = require( 'lib/layout-focus' ),
 	titleActions = require( 'lib/screen-title/actions' ),
-	user = require( 'lib/user' )(),
 	observe = require( 'lib/mixins/data-observe' ),
 	DraftList = require( 'my-sites/drafts/draft-list' ),
 	DraftsButton = require( 'post-editor/drafts-button' ),
@@ -690,7 +689,7 @@ var PostEditor = React.createClass( {
 	},
 
 	onSaveDraftSuccess: function() {
-		if ( this.state.post.status === 'publish' || this.state.post.status === 'private' ) {
+		if ( utils.isPublished( this.state.post ) ) {
 			this.onSaveSuccess(
 				this.getMessage( 'updated' ),
 				this.getMessage( 'view' ),
@@ -702,13 +701,10 @@ var PostEditor = React.createClass( {
 	},
 
 	onPublish: function() {
-		var currentUser = user.get(),
-			edits = {
-				status: 'publish'
-			};
+		var edits = { status: 'publish' };
 
 		// determine if this is a private publish
-		if ( this.state.post && this.state.post.status === 'private' ) {
+		if ( utils.isPrivate( this.state.post ) ) {
 			edits.status = 'private';
 		}
 
@@ -737,7 +733,7 @@ var PostEditor = React.createClass( {
 	},
 
 	onPublishSuccess: function() {
-		const publishedMessage = 'private' === utils.getVisibility( this.state.savedPost ) ?
+		const publishedMessage = utils.isPrivate( this.state.savedPost ) ?
 			this.getMessage( 'publishedPrivately' ) :
 			this.getMessage( 'published' );