diff --git a/include/boost/tuple/tuple_comparison.hpp b/include/boost/tuple/tuple_comparison.hpp
index 178bbb9..73723a1 100644
--- a/include/boost/tuple/tuple_comparison.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/tuple/tuple_comparison.hpp
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ inline bool neq<null_type,null_type>(const null_type&, const null_type&) { retur
 template<class T1, class T2>
 inline bool lt(const T1& lhs, const T2& rhs) {
   return lhs.get_head() < rhs.get_head()  ||
-            !(rhs.get_head() < lhs.get_head()) &&
-            lt(lhs.get_tail(), rhs.get_tail());
+          ( !(rhs.get_head() < lhs.get_head()) &&
+            lt(lhs.get_tail(), rhs.get_tail()));
 }
 template<>
 inline bool lt<null_type,null_type>(const null_type&, const null_type&) { return false; }
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ inline bool lt<null_type,null_type>(const null_type&, const null_type&) { return
 template<class T1, class T2>
 inline bool gt(const T1& lhs, const T2& rhs) {
   return lhs.get_head() > rhs.get_head()  ||
-            !(rhs.get_head() > lhs.get_head()) &&
-            gt(lhs.get_tail(), rhs.get_tail());
+          ( !(rhs.get_head() > lhs.get_head()) &&
+            gt(lhs.get_tail(), rhs.get_tail()));
 }
 template<>
 inline bool gt<null_type,null_type>(const null_type&, const null_type&) { return false; }