diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index 36add38e3..61f00da9b 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1549,6 +1549,7 @@ you cannot sacrifice objects/corpses while stunned or confused
 'whatis' actions // and /? didn't work when the lootabc option was on, they
 	required /a and /c instead; add '/' and '?' as group accelerators so
 	that they work; /y and /n for them now only work when lootabc is off
+writing on an unidentified scroll of blank paper identifies blank paper
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x General Problems Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/write.c b/src/write.c
index 538406f34..f90c13b06 100644
--- a/src/write.c
+++ b/src/write.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ dowrite(struct obj *pen)
                  : "scroll";
     if (Blind) {
         if (!paper->dknown) {
-            You("don't know if that %s is blank or not.", typeword);
+            You("don't know whether that %s is blank or not.", typeword);
             return ECMD_OK;
         } else if (paper->oclass == SPBOOK_CLASS) {
             /* can't write a magic book while blind */
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ dowrite(struct obj *pen)
         exercise(A_WIS, FALSE);
         return ECMD_TIME;
     }
+    makeknown(SCR_BLANK_PAPER);
 
     /* what to write */
     Sprintf(qbuf, "What type of %s do you want to write?", typeword);