diff --git a/include/obj.h b/include/obj.h
index 08d11dcf8..b1e95091b 100644
--- a/include/obj.h
+++ b/include/obj.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.7	obj.h	$NHDT-Date: 1633802062 2021/10/09 17:54:22 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.94 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.7	obj.h	$NHDT-Date: 1718999845 2024/06/21 19:57:25 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.116 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Michael Allison, 2006. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ struct obj {
 #define OBJ_ONBILL 7    /* object on shk bill */
 #define OBJ_LUAFREE 8   /* object has been dealloc'd, but is ref'd by lua */
 #define OBJ_DELETED 9   /* object is marked for deletion by dobjsfree() */
+    /* note: OBJ_xxx values are used in obj_state_names[] in mkobj.c
+       so adding, removing, or renumbering these needs to change that too */
 #define NOBJ_STATES 10
     xint16 timed; /* # of fuses (timers) attached to this obj */
 
diff --git a/src/mkobj.c b/src/mkobj.c
index d289dd0fe..4b73775c1 100644
--- a/src/mkobj.c
+++ b/src/mkobj.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.7	mkobj.c	$NHDT-Date: 1715109575 2024/05/07 19:19:35 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.296 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.7	mkobj.c	$NHDT-Date: 1718999849 2024/06/21 19:57:29 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.299 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Derek S. Ray, 2015. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -3185,7 +3185,7 @@ nomerge_exception(struct obj *obj)
 static const char *const obj_state_names[NOBJ_STATES] = {
     "free", "floor", "contained", "invent",
     "minvent", "migrating", "buried", "onbill",
-    "luafree"
+    "luafree", "deleted",
 };
 
 staticfn const char *