diff --git a/doc/fixes35.0 b/doc/fixes35.0
index 44a6a38c4..4180fd84c 100644
--- a/doc/fixes35.0
+++ b/doc/fixes35.0
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ scroll of earth messages cleaned up
 long worms can no longer be leashed
 the chest in the Castle containing the wishing wand can never be trapped
 the vibrating square is now a trap
+mimics wouldn't take on the form of "strange object"
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/makemon.c b/src/makemon.c
index d11079cf7..ea0ca262c 100644
--- a/src/makemon.c
+++ b/src/makemon.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	makemon.c	$NHDT-Date: 1432512767 2015/05/25 00:12:47 $  $NHDT-Branch: master $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.88 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	makemon.c	$NHDT-Date: 1432685497 2015/05/27 00:11:37 $  $NHDT-Branch: master $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.89 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -1908,10 +1908,11 @@ static NEARDATA char syms[] = {
     MAXOCLASSES,  MAXOCLASSES + 1, RING_CLASS,   WAND_CLASS,   WEAPON_CLASS,
     FOOD_CLASS,   COIN_CLASS,      SCROLL_CLASS, POTION_CLASS, ARMOR_CLASS,
     AMULET_CLASS, TOOL_CLASS,      ROCK_CLASS,   GEM_CLASS,    SPBOOK_CLASS,
-    S_MIMIC_DEF,  S_MIMIC_DEF,     S_MIMIC_DEF,
+    S_MIMIC_DEF,  S_MIMIC_DEF,
 };
 
-void set_mimic_sym(mtmp) /* KAA, modified by ERS */
+void
+set_mimic_sym(mtmp)
 register struct monst *mtmp;
 {
     int typ, roomno, rt;
@@ -1999,9 +2000,9 @@ register struct monst *mtmp;
     } else {
         s_sym = syms[rn2((int) sizeof(syms))];
     assign_sym:
-        if (s_sym >= MAXOCLASSES) {
+        if (s_sym == MAXOCLASSES || s_sym == MAXOCLASSES + 1) {
             ap_type = M_AP_FURNITURE;
-            appear = s_sym == MAXOCLASSES ? S_upstair : S_dnstair;
+            appear = (s_sym == MAXOCLASSES) ? S_upstair : S_dnstair;
         } else {
             ap_type = M_AP_OBJECT;
             if (s_sym == S_MIMIC_DEF) {
diff --git a/src/pager.c b/src/pager.c
index 0f307af3b..5ab64103f 100644
--- a/src/pager.c
+++ b/src/pager.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	pager.c	$NHDT-Date: 1432512762 2015/05/25 00:12:42 $  $NHDT-Branch: master $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.72 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	pager.c	$NHDT-Date: 1432685499 2015/05/27 00:11:39 $  $NHDT-Branch: master $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.73 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ char *buf, *monbuf;
                     otmp->corpsenm = MCORPSENM(mtmp);
                 Strcpy(buf, distant_name(otmp, xname));
                 dealloc_obj(otmp);
-            }
+            } else
+                Strcpy(buf, obj_descr[STRANGE_OBJECT].oc_name);
         } else
             Strcpy(buf, distant_name(otmp, xname));