diff --git a/src/minion.c b/src/minion.c
index 9cb15926d..c2ca712fb 100644
--- a/src/minion.c
+++ b/src/minion.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ boolean talk;
     if (mon) {
 	if (talk) {
 	    pline_The("voice of %s booms:", align_gname(alignment));
-	    verbalize("Thou shalt pay for thy indiscretion!");
+	    verbalize("Thou shalt pay for thine indiscretion!");
 	    if (!Blind)
 		pline("%s appears before you.", Amonnam(mon));
 	}
diff --git a/src/sit.c b/src/sit.c
index 8d4347258..be415f1bc 100644
--- a/src/sit.c
+++ b/src/sit.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ dosit()
 		    case 8:
 			/* Magical voice not affected by deafness */
 			pline("A voice echoes:");
-			verbalize("By thy Imperious order, %s...",
+			verbalize("By thine Imperious order, %s...",
 				  flags.female ? "Dame" : "Sire");
 			do_genocide(5);	/* REALLY|ONTHRONE, see do_genocide() */
 			break;