diff --git a/doc/fixes36.2 b/doc/fixes36.2
index 6679ce9b6..712f9da0a 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.2
+++ b/doc/fixes36.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.309 $ $NHDT-Date: 1556150377 2019/04/24 23:59:37 $
+$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.310 $ $NHDT-Date: 1556201496 2019/04/25 14:11:36 $
 
 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,
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ if a mimic concealed itself as a corpse, it could pick a monster type which
 message given when shape-shifted vampire cheats death by reverting to its
 	original form ignored hallucination when describing old and new forms
 Vlad wasn't set up as a vampshifter properly
+poly'd hero capable of spitting venom would leave intact venom object if it
+	reached end of range at a 'soft' location such as water
 
 
 Fixes to Post-3.6.1 Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/dothrow.c b/src/dothrow.c
index 3ddd65ff0..6ac0c521b 100644
--- a/src/dothrow.c
+++ b/src/dothrow.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	dothrow.c	$NHDT-Date: 1550868876 2019/02/22 20:54:36 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.158 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	dothrow.c	$NHDT-Date: 1556201496 2019/04/25 14:11:36 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.160 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2013. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -1376,7 +1376,10 @@ boolean twoweap; /* used to restore twoweapon mode if wielded weapon returns */
             }
         }
 
-        if (!IS_SOFT(levl[g.bhitpos.x][g.bhitpos.y].typ) && breaktest(obj)) {
+        if ((!IS_SOFT(levl[g.bhitpos.x][g.bhitpos.y].typ) && breaktest(obj))
+            /* venom [via #monster to spit while poly'd] fails breaktest()
+               but we want to force breakage even when location IS_SOFT() */
+            || obj->oclass == VENOM_CLASS) {
             tmp_at(DISP_FLASH, obj_to_glyph(obj, rn2_on_display_rng));
             tmp_at(g.bhitpos.x, g.bhitpos.y);
             delay_output();
@@ -1897,6 +1900,7 @@ xchar x, y;          /* object location (ox, oy may not be right) */
 boolean from_invent; /* thrown or dropped by player; maybe on shop bill */
 {
     boolean in_view = Blind ? FALSE : (from_invent || cansee(x, y));
+
     if (!breaktest(obj))
         return 0;
     breakmsg(obj, in_view);
diff --git a/src/polyself.c b/src/polyself.c
index 9634d0c76..19d46540a 100644
--- a/src/polyself.c
+++ b/src/polyself.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	polyself.c	$NHDT-Date: 1550525094 2019/02/18 21:24:54 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.128 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	polyself.c	$NHDT-Date: 1556201497 2019/04/25 14:11:37 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.131 $ */
 /*      Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1989 by Ken Arromdee */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ dospit()
             break;
         default:
             impossible("bad attack type in dospit");
-        /* fall through */
+            /*FALLTHRU*/
         case AD_ACID:
             otmp = mksobj(ACID_VENOM, TRUE, FALSE);
             break;