diff --git a/doc/fixes36.2 b/doc/fixes36.2
index c9b5c83cd..e9d671467 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.2
+++ b/doc/fixes36.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.263 $ $NHDT-Date: 1551137618 2019/02/25 23:33:38 $
+$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.264 $ $NHDT-Date: 1551138255 2019/02/25 23:44:15 $
 
 This fixes36.2 file is here to capture information about updates in the 3.6.x
 lineage following the release of 3.6.1 in April 2018. Please note, however,
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ when using 'f' to fire/throw--and possibly some ^A's to repeat--then running
 	was already worn or wielded) and then ask for a direction to fire it
 early rolling boulder trap lacking any boulder might still have the corpse
 	of a dead adventurer
+persistent inventory window would show "(being worn)" for armor that was in
+	the midst of being put on or taken off; it is 'partly worn' in such
+	circumstances so "being worn" could be misleading
 
 
 Fixes to Post-3.6.1 Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/do_wear.c b/src/do_wear.c
index 793abfab5..9132e7535 100644
--- a/src/do_wear.c
+++ b/src/do_wear.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	do_wear.c	$NHDT-Date: 1550014802 2019/02/12 23:40:02 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.107 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	do_wear.c	$NHDT-Date: 1551138255 2019/02/25 23:44:15 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.108 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2012. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -1231,7 +1231,8 @@ struct obj *otmp;
 }
 
 /* check whether the target object is currently being taken off,
-   so that stop_donning() and steal() can vary messages */
+   so that stop_donning() and steal() can vary messages and doname()
+   can vary "(being worn)" suffix */
 boolean
 doffing(otmp)
 struct obj *otmp;
diff --git a/src/objnam.c b/src/objnam.c
index cfb1a3e15..af2365f55 100644
--- a/src/objnam.c
+++ b/src/objnam.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	objnam.c	$NHDT-Date: 1548695445 2019/01/28 17:10:45 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.234 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	objnam.c	$NHDT-Date: 1551138256 2019/02/25 23:44:16 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.235 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2011. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -1034,7 +1034,12 @@ unsigned doname_flags;
     case ARMOR_CLASS:
         if (obj->owornmask & W_ARMOR)
             Strcat(bp, (obj == uskin) ? " (embedded in your skin)"
-                                      : " (being worn)");
+                       /* in case of perm_invent update while Wear/Takeoff
+                          is in progress; check doffing() before donning()
+                          because donning() returns True for both cases */
+                       : doffing(obj) ? " (being doffed)"
+                         : donning(obj) ? " (being donned)"
+                           : " (being worn)");
         /*FALLTHRU*/
     case WEAPON_CLASS:
         if (ispoisoned)