diff --git a/doc/fixes35.0 b/doc/fixes35.0
index a6a70e885..44edbacbe 100644
--- a/doc/fixes35.0
+++ b/doc/fixes35.0
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ streamline old ^X output and integrate it with enlightenment feedback;
 "killed by X" becomes "killed by a chameleon imitating X" when appropriate
 eating disenchanter corpses is now considered risky
 make '[' command more precise when poly'd hero has embedded dragon scales/mail
+fainting while wielding a cockatrice corpse will be fatal
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific New Features
diff --git a/src/eat.c b/src/eat.c
index a1191ef2e..d581489da 100644
--- a/src/eat.c
+++ b/src/eat.c
@@ -2723,6 +2723,7 @@ boolean incr;
 				/* stop what you're doing, then faint */
 				stop_occupation();
 				You("faint from lack of food.");
+				if (!Levitation) selftouch("Falling, you");
 				incr_itimeout(&HDeaf, duration);
 				nomul(-duration);
 				nomovemsg = "You regain consciousness.";