diff --git a/doc/fixes34.1 b/doc/fixes34.1
index 02ee19e3d..19c820b66 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.1
+++ b/doc/fixes34.1
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ order of container and objects was different for mazelike and roomfilled levels
 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
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/potion.c b/src/potion.c
index 2a79d856e..fdfac8b42 100644
--- a/src/potion.c
+++ b/src/potion.c
@@ -246,16 +246,11 @@ boolean talk;
 long mask;	/* nonzero if resistance status should change by mask */
 {
 	boolean changed = 0;
-#ifdef LINT
-	const char *message = 0;
-#else
-	const char *message;
-#endif
+	const char *message, *verb;
 
-	if (!xtime)
-	    message = "Everything looks SO boring now.";
-	else
-	    message = "Oh wow!  Everything seems so cosmic!";
+	message = (!xtime) ? "Everything %s SO boring now." :
+			     "Oh wow!  Everything %s so cosmic!";
+	verb = (!Blind) ? "looks" : "feels";
 
 	if (mask) {
 	    if (HHallucination) changed = TRUE;
@@ -283,7 +278,7 @@ long mask;	/* nonzero if resistance status should change by mask */
 	    update_inventory();
 
 	    flags.botl = 1;
-	    if (!Blind && talk) pline(message);
+	    if (talk) pline(message, verb);
 	}
 }