diff --git a/doc/fixes34.2 b/doc/fixes34.2
index c56e03ea4..ead0e5723 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.2
+++ b/doc/fixes34.2
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ when casting force bolt spell while engulfed go ahead and use the engulfers
 a fog cloud shouldn't pummel you with debris
 do not let an attached iron ball drag the hero through a location that the hero
 	could not move normally
+hero's appearance should change immediately after mimicing completes
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/polyself.c b/src/polyself.c
index d73aefc6b..352b32fa1 100644
--- a/src/polyself.c
+++ b/src/polyself.c
@@ -54,17 +54,9 @@ const char *fmt, *arg;
 	find_ac();
 	if (was_mimicking) {
 	    if (multi < 0) unmul("");
-	} else {
-	    /*
-	     * Clear any in-progress imitations -- the case where not a
-	     * mimic is handled above.
-	     *
-	     * Except, this is not complete if the hero ever gets the
-	     * chance to imitate anything, then s/he may be mimicing
-	     * gold, but not the way its done for eating a mimic.
-	     */
 	    youmonst.m_ap_type = M_AP_NOTHING;
 	}
+
 	newsym(u.ux,u.uy);
 
 	You(fmt, arg);