diff --git a/src/do_name.c b/src/do_name.c
index d50c61482..9d5dc1d00 100644
--- a/src/do_name.c
+++ b/src/do_name.c
@@ -1967,6 +1967,16 @@ x_monnam(
     if (article == ARTICLE_YOUR && !mtmp->mtame)
         article = ARTICLE_THE;
 
+    if (mtmp == u.ustuck) {
+        /*
+         * This monster has become important, for the moment anyway.
+         * As the hero's consumer, it is worthy of ARTICLE_THE.
+         * Also, suppress invisible as that particular characteristic
+         * is unimportant now and you can see it's interior anyway.
+         */
+        article = ARTICLE_THE;
+        suppress |= SUPPRESS_INVISIBLE;
+    }
     do_hallu = Hallucination && !(suppress & SUPPRESS_HALLUCINATION);
     do_invis = mtmp->minvis && !(suppress & SUPPRESS_INVISIBLE);
     do_it = !canspotmon(mtmp) && article != ARTICLE_YOUR
diff --git a/src/pager.c b/src/pager.c
index e72f27b3e..82cdd1c13 100644
--- a/src/pager.c
+++ b/src/pager.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ lookat(coordxy x, coordxy y, char *buf, char *monbuf)
     } else if (u.uswallow) {
         /* when swallowed, we're only called for spots adjacent to hero,
            and blindness doesn't prevent hero from feeling what holds him */
-        Sprintf(buf, "interior of %s", a_monnam(u.ustuck));
+        Sprintf(buf, "interior of %s", mon_nam(u.ustuck));
         pm = u.ustuck->data;
     } else if (glyph_is_monster(glyph)) {
         gb.bhitpos.x = x;