diff --git a/doc/fixes34.2 b/doc/fixes34.2
index eb8c66d3a..81a19cad4 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.2
+++ b/doc/fixes34.2
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ failed attempt to eat floor gold while polymorphed would lose the gold
 running that stops for closed doors should stop at mimics mimicking closed doors
 allow wishing for magenta potions (ignoring the rank name 'mage')
 fix an uninitialized memory access in non-quick dolookup
+fix were changing message that wasn't being displayed
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/were.c b/src/were.c
index 933fdde32..0bc9881b9 100644
--- a/src/were.c
+++ b/src/were.c
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ register struct monst *mon;
 
 	if (is_human(mon->data)) {
 	    if (!Protection_from_shape_changers &&
-		    !rn2(night() ? (flags.moonphase == FULL_MOON ?  3 : 30)
-				 : (flags.moonphase == FULL_MOON ? 10 : 50))) {
+		!rn2(night() ? (flags.moonphase == FULL_MOON ?  3 : 30)
+			     : (flags.moonphase == FULL_MOON ? 10 : 50))) {
 		new_were(mon);		/* change into animal form */
-		if (flags.soundok) {
+		if (flags.soundok && !canseemon(mon)) {
 		    const char *howler;
 
 		    switch (monsndx(mon->data)) {
-		    case PM_HUMAN_WEREWOLF:	  howler = "wolf";    break;
-		    case PM_HUMAN_WEREJACKAL: howler = "jackal";  break;
-		    default:		  howler = (char *)0; break;
+		    case PM_WEREWOLF:	howler = "wolf";    break;
+		    case PM_WEREJACKAL: howler = "jackal";  break;
+		    default:		howler = (char *)0; break;
 		    }
 		    if (howler)
 			You_hear("a %s howling at the moon.", howler);