diff --git a/doc/fixes34.1 b/doc/fixes34.1
index cc32c7146..e2b5b12b7 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.1
+++ b/doc/fixes34.1
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ avoid discrepancies in size and associated armor-wearing ability between
 	wizard gnome player and same player polymorphed into gnomish wizard 
 	by forcing newman() if poly-target matches your_race()
 add missing data.base entries for caveman, healer, monk, priest, and samurai
+allow "grey spellbook" as alternative spelling of "gray spellbook"
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/objnam.c b/src/objnam.c
index 9c5fe3d57..c94250cb1 100644
--- a/src/objnam.c
+++ b/src/objnam.c
@@ -1949,6 +1949,9 @@ boolean from_user;
 		}
 		as++;
 	}
+	/* can't use spellings list for this one due to shuffling */
+	if (!strcmpi(bp, "grey spellbook"))
+		*(bp + 2) = 'a';
     }
 
 	/* dragon scales - assumes order of dragons */