diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index 53409069a..9fbb077a1 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ shopkeeper removal of trap from shop doorway yields an open door instead of
 guarantee that hostile djinn released from bottles really are hostile
 handle lava when removing or losing water walking boots
 fix incomplete sentence occuring when unique monster's corpse fell down stairs
+fractured boulders or statues produced inconsistent object settings on the
+	resulting rocks
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/zap.c b/src/zap.c
index 41f2f7305..f5f56dba8 100644
--- a/src/zap.c
+++ b/src/zap.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)zap.c	3.4	2004/06/12	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)zap.c	3.4	2004/08/02	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -3866,10 +3866,11 @@ register struct obj *obj;		   /* no texts here! */
 	    change_luck(-1);
 
 	obj->otyp = ROCK;
+	obj->oclass = GEM_CLASS;
 	obj->quan = (long) rn1(60, 7);
 	obj->owt = weight(obj);
-	obj->oclass = GEM_CLASS;
-	obj->known = FALSE;
+	obj->dknown = obj->bknown = obj->rknown = 0;
+	obj->known = objects[obj->otyp].oc_uses_known ? 0 : 1;
 	obj->onamelth = 0;		/* no names */
 	obj->oxlth = 0;			/* no extra data */
 	obj->oattached = OATTACHED_NOTHING;
@@ -3877,7 +3878,7 @@ register struct obj *obj;		   /* no texts here! */
 		obj_extract_self(obj);		/* move rocks back on top */
 		place_object(obj, obj->ox, obj->oy);
 		if(!does_block(obj->ox,obj->oy,&levl[obj->ox][obj->oy]))
-	    		unblock_point(obj->ox,obj->oy);
+		    unblock_point(obj->ox,obj->oy);
 		if(cansee(obj->ox,obj->oy))
 		    newsym(obj->ox,obj->oy);
 	}