diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index 39e5f3a0d..ddae48557 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ green slime should not affect noncorporeal monsters
 land mine explosion will destroy a drawbridge at same location
 avoid some more buffer overflows in query buffers containing object names
 avoid giving extra information about things that break out of sight
+avoid giving away wand type for near misses while blind
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/zap.c b/src/zap.c
index f49568ad2..af93b50c9 100644
--- a/src/zap.c
+++ b/src/zap.c
@@ -3546,8 +3546,10 @@ register int dx,dy;
 		} else {
 		    zhitu(type, nd, fltxt, sx, sy);
 		}
-	    } else {
+	    } else if (!Blind) {
 		pline("%s whizzes by you!", The(fltxt));
+	    } else {
+		Your("%s tingles.", body_part(ARM));
 	    }
 	    if (abstype == ZT_LIGHTNING) (void) flashburn((long)d(nd,50));
 	    stop_occupation();