diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index 2a54dc5fe..aeefbc06b 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ 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
+if you didn't see a rolling boulder fall into a pit, you only heard the sound
+	of it doing so if you were blind
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/do.c b/src/do.c
index 3f379e49f..7beb55373 100644
--- a/src/do.c
+++ b/src/do.c
@@ -171,17 +171,16 @@ const char *verb;
 		    }
 		}
 		if (*verb) {
-			if (Blind) {
-				if ((x == u.ux) && (y == u.uy))
-					You_hear("a CRASH! beneath you.");
-				else
-					You_hear("the boulder %s.", verb);
+			if (Blind && (x == u.ux) && (y == u.uy)) {
+				You_hear("a CRASH! beneath you.");
 			} else if (cansee(x, y)) {
 				pline_The("boulder %s%s.",
 				    t->tseen ? "" : "triggers and ",
 				    t->ttyp == TRAPDOOR ? "plugs a trap door" :
 				    t->ttyp == HOLE ? "plugs a hole" :
 				    "fills a pit");
+			} else {
+				You_hear("a boulder %s.", verb);
 			}
 		}
 		deltrap(t);