diff --git a/doc/fixes34.1 b/doc/fixes34.1
index cab66f961..c91de5547 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.1
+++ b/doc/fixes34.1
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ add wishing for "nothing" and genociding "none" to the conduct section
 	of the Guidebook
 allow both wishing and genocide to accept either "none" or "nothing" when
 	the player wants to decline
+left word in format string in get_wet() causing "The spellbook fadefades"
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/potion.c b/src/potion.c
index c18b80f9c..178008ee0 100644
--- a/src/potion.c
+++ b/src/potion.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)potion.c	3.4	2002/03/05	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)potion.c	3.4	2002/03/23	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ register struct obj *obj;
 			} else {
 			    if (!Blind) {
 				    boolean oq1 = obj->quan == 1L;
-				    pline_The("spellbook%s fade%s.",
+				    pline_The("spellbook%s %s.",
 					oq1 ? "" : "s", otense(obj, "fade"));
 			    }
 			    if(obj->unpaid && costly_spot(u.ux, u.uy)) {