diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index fde31027e..f68b797bb 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -398,6 +398,9 @@ some actions taken when blind would yield "Wait!  That's a monster!" (for a
 	mimic posing as a door) but not display the unseen monster glyph
 #untrap toward known trap location containing concealed mimic would yield
 	"{The mimic|It} {is in the way|isn't trapped}." but not reveal mimic
+when polymorphed into an opposite sex monster, if you then become a new
+	human while failing to polymorph into something else, you'd be told
+	"you feel like a new man" for female or "a new woman" for male  
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/polyself.c b/src/polyself.c
index 5e96f01aa..9d2b6c1b3 100644
--- a/src/polyself.c
+++ b/src/polyself.c
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ dead: /* we come directly here if their experience level went to 0 or less */
 	}
 	newuhs(FALSE);
 	polyman("feel like a new %s!",
-		(flags.female && urace.individual.f) ? urace.individual.f :
+		/* use saved gender we're about to revert to, not current */
+		(u.mfemale && urace.individual.f) ? urace.individual.f :
 		(urace.individual.m) ? urace.individual.m : urace.noun);
 	if (Slimed) {
 		Your("body transforms, but there is still slime on you.");