diff --git a/doc/fixes36.2 b/doc/fixes36.2
index e08f5de5c..01b2f33b7 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.2
+++ b/doc/fixes36.2
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ a config file line with OPTIONS=symset:default, roguesymset:RogueEpyx
 	meant to have color; that was due to an errant init_symbols() call
 	during the processing of symset:default done after RogueEpyx had
 	already been processed
+avoid potential segfault when doing 'more information' lookup
 tty: turn off an optimization that is the suspected cause of Windows reported
 	partial status lines following level changes
 tty: ensure that current status fields are always copied to prior status
diff --git a/src/monmove.c b/src/monmove.c
index 5db117001..fb6341c8a 100644
--- a/src/monmove.c
+++ b/src/monmove.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	monmove.c	$NHDT-Date: 1545525307 2018/12/23 00:35:07 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.110 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	monmove.c	$NHDT-Date: 1545596010 2018/12/23 20:13:30 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.111 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Michael Allison, 2006. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -1327,14 +1327,16 @@ register int after;
                 && ((levl[nix][niy].doormask & (D_LOCKED | D_CLOSED)) != 0)
                 && can_fog(mtmp)) {
                 if (sawmon) {
-                    remove_monster(nix, niy), place_monster(mtmp, omx, omy);
+                    remove_monster(nix, niy);
+                    place_monster(mtmp, omx, omy);
                     newsym(nix, niy), newsym(omx, omy);
                 }
                 if (vamp_shift(mtmp, &mons[PM_FOG_CLOUD], sawmon)) {
                     ptr = mtmp->data; /* update cached value */
                 }
                 if (sawmon) {
-                    remove_monster(omx, omy), place_monster(mtmp, nix, niy);
+                    remove_monster(omx, omy);
+                    place_monster(mtmp, nix, niy);
                     newsym(omx, omy), newsym(nix, niy);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/pager.c b/src/pager.c
index f7fdb7087..f4f097eb3 100644
--- a/src/pager.c
+++ b/src/pager.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	pager.c	$NHDT-Date: 1545361111 2018/12/21 02:58:31 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.143 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	pager.c	$NHDT-Date: 1545595360 2018/12/23 20:02:40 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.144 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2018. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -646,9 +646,9 @@ char *supplemental_name;
            The Eyes of the Overworld" simplified above to "lenses named
            The Eyes of the Overworld", now reduced to "The Eyes of the
            Overworld", skip "The" as with base name processing) */
-        if (!strncmpi(alt, "a ", 2)
-            || !strncmpi(alt, "an ", 3)
-            || !strncmpi(alt, "the ", 4))
+        if (alt && (!strncmpi(alt, "a ", 2)
+                    || !strncmpi(alt, "an ", 3)
+                    || !strncmpi(alt, "the ", 4)))
             alt = index(alt, ' ') + 1;
         /* remove charges or "(lit)" or wizmode "(N aum)" */
         if ((ep = strstri(dbase_str, " (")) != 0 && ep > dbase_str)