diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index 509681487..2a54dc5fe 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Sting could trigger premature display of orcs during savegame restore
 Sting now glows light blue again
 prevent "offering" or other words with similar ending from matching ring quote
 make cleric cast lightning blind as other lightning does
+change the wording slightly to use "one of " when a monster wielding 
+	multiple daggers thrusts them
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/mhitu.c b/src/mhitu.c
index 1d2f43eaf..7c50a98c9 100644
--- a/src/mhitu.c
+++ b/src/mhitu.c
@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ register struct obj *otemp;
 {
 	if (!flags.verbose || Blind || !mon_visible(mtmp))
 		return;
-	pline("%s %s %s %s.", Monnam(mtmp),
+	pline("%s %s %s%s %s.", Monnam(mtmp),
 	      (objects[otemp->otyp].oc_dir & PIERCE) ? "thrusts" : "swings",
-	      mhis(mtmp), singular(otemp, xname));
+	      (otemp->quan > 1) ? "one of " : "",
+	      mhis(mtmp), xname(otemp));
 }
 
 /* return how a poison attack was delivered */