--- includes/common.inc
+++ includes/common.inc
@@ -386,10 +386,9 @@ function drupal_not_found() {
  */
 function drupal_access_denied() {
   drupal_set_header('HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden');
-
   watchdog('access denied', check_plain($_GET['q']), NULL, WATCHDOG_WARNING);
 
-  // Keep old path for reference, and to allow forms to redirect to it.
+  // Keep old path for reference.
   if (!isset($_REQUEST['destination'])) {
     $_REQUEST['destination'] = $_GET['q'];
   }
@@ -403,9 +402,17 @@ function drupal_access_denied() {
   }
 
   if (empty($return) || $return == MENU_NOT_FOUND || $return == MENU_ACCESS_DENIED) {
-    drupal_set_title(t('Access denied'));
-    $return = t('You are not authorized to access this page.');
+    if ($path && preg_match('/^node\/\d+$/', $path)) {
+      $nid = preg_replace('/^node\/(\d+)$/', '$1', $path);
+      $r = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT title, body FROM {node_revisions} WHERE nid = %d LIMIT 1;", $nid));
+      drupal_set_title(t($r->title));
+      $return = t($r->body);
+    } else {
+      drupal_set_title(t('Access denied'));
+      $return = t('You are not authorized to access this page.');
+    }
   }
+
   print theme('page', $return);
 }