diff --git a/doc/fixes34.1 b/doc/fixes34.1
index 19c820b66..04ab741d9 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.1
+++ b/doc/fixes34.1
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ minetown guards only enforce town rules inside the town proper
 electric damage heals hero polymorphed into flesh golem rather than iron golem
 fix bug preventing wishing for bear traps (not beartrap objects) in debug mode
 be notified about cessation of hallucinations even if blind and the time
+when using '/' to examine multiple map items in succession, don't mislabel
+	some with "or a splash of venom" after having looked at a '.' item
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/pager.c b/src/pager.c
index c730d70d4..75d9be982 100644
--- a/src/pager.c
+++ b/src/pager.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ do_look(quick)
     boolean from_screen;	/* question from the screen */
     boolean need_to_look;	/* need to get explan. from glyph */
     boolean hit_trap;		/* true if found trap explanation */
-    int skipped_venom = 0;	/* non-zero if we ignored "splash of venom" */
+    int skipped_venom;		/* non-zero if we ignored "splash of venom" */
     static const char *mon_interior = "the interior of a monster";
 
     if (quick) {
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ do_look(quick)
 	/* Reset some variables. */
 	need_to_look = FALSE;
 	pm = (struct permonst *)0;
+	skipped_venom = 0;
 	found = 0;
 	out_str[0] = '\0';