diff --git a/doc/fixes34.1 b/doc/fixes34.1
index e292ee147..58cf0222a 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.1
+++ b/doc/fixes34.1
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ naming either of the wielded weapons unintentionally ends two-weapon combat
 Various nemesis monsters must resist stoning so their death messages make sense
 don't call DEBUG impossible in rn2 when a level 0 monster tries to cast a spell
 GOLDOBJ: don't call money2mon with 0 zero when killed by shopkeeper
+headstone writing was using the adjective "weird" when engraving with a wand 
+	of digging.
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/engrave.c b/src/engrave.c
index ebbcb1bc9..5be718762 100644
--- a/src/engrave.c
+++ b/src/engrave.c
@@ -933,6 +933,10 @@ doengrave()
 				       "write in");
 		eloc = is_ice(u.ux,u.uy) ? "frost" : "dust";
 		break;
+	    case HEADSTONE:
+		everb = (oep && !eow ? "add to the epitaph on" :
+				       "engrave on");
+		break;
 	    case ENGRAVE:
 		everb = (oep && !eow ? "add to the engraving in" :
 				       "engrave in");