diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index 1309f215d..949ba9096 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1022,7 +1022,8 @@ when breaking a wand of sleep hits the hero with the explosion, don't describe
 expose fuzz tester to wizard-mode as #debugfuzzer extended command
 monsters which cannot move due to boulders or walls try to escape
 intelligent monsters see and remember when others trigger traps
-random figurines are of harder monsters
+random figurines are of harder monsters by 5..10 difficulty points
+statues for statue traps are of harder monsters too, but only by 3..6
 monsters can blind you with a camera
 lit candles generated by wishing could have wrong light radius
 better feedback from detect unseen
diff --git a/src/trap.c b/src/trap.c
index d5fff01dc..0989ed7da 100644
--- a/src/trap.c
+++ b/src/trap.c
@@ -391,13 +391,12 @@ mk_trap_statue(coordxy x, coordxy y)
     int trycount = 10;
 
     do { /* avoid ultimately hostile co-aligned unicorn */
-        mptr = &mons[rndmonnum_adj(5, 10)];
+        mptr = &mons[rndmonnum_adj(3, 6)];
     } while (--trycount > 0 && is_unicorn(mptr)
              && sgn(u.ualign.type) == sgn(mptr->maligntyp));
     statue = mkcorpstat(STATUE, (struct monst *) 0, mptr, x, y,
                         CORPSTAT_NONE);
-    mtmp = makemon(&mons[statue->corpsenm], 0, 0,
-                   MM_NOCOUNTBIRTH|MM_NOMSG);
+    mtmp = makemon(&mons[statue->corpsenm], 0, 0, MM_NOCOUNTBIRTH | MM_NOMSG);
     if (!mtmp)
         return; /* should never happen */
     while (mtmp->minvent) {