diff --git a/doc/fixes34.1 b/doc/fixes34.1
index 369893342..261ee4cef 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.1
+++ b/doc/fixes34.1
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ crocodiles legs are not designed for kicking open doors, chests, et al.
 walls of one of the luckstone locations in minend-3 were diggable
 minetn-6 could place downstairs in a cut-off location
 corpses in bones files don't retain their role characteristic
+boulder was not displayed if blind and discovered with a monster known via
+	ESP behind it
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/hack.c b/src/hack.c
index 10984fe50..7c10fa500 100644
--- a/src/hack.c
+++ b/src/hack.c
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ moverock()
 		    (!mtmp->mtrapped ||
 			 !(ttmp && ((ttmp->ttyp == PIT) ||
 				    (ttmp->ttyp == SPIKED_PIT))))) {
+		if (Blind) feel_location(sx, sy);
 		if (canspotmon(mtmp))
-		    pline("There's %s on the other side.", mon_nam(mtmp));
+		    pline("There's %s on the other side.", a_monnam(mtmp));
 		else {
-		    if (Blind) feel_location(sx, sy);
 		    You_hear("a monster behind %s.", the(xname(otmp)));
 		    map_invisible(rx, ry);
 		}