diff --git a/doc/fixes35.0 b/doc/fixes35.0
index ac621921e..235fd8240 100644
--- a/doc/fixes35.0
+++ b/doc/fixes35.0
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ theft of worn armor with wear/unwear delay would interfere with completion of
 alchemical explosion or evaporation only used up one potion instead of all
 	the potions being dipped
 feedback for reverse-genocide was plural even when just one monster was created
+fix message given when part of a stack of items in a monster's inventory is
+	being destroyed
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/zap.c b/src/zap.c
index 3e51d5b0b..644da6619 100644
--- a/src/zap.c
+++ b/src/zap.c
@@ -4587,7 +4587,10 @@ int osym, dmgtyp;
 		    if(!rn2(3)) cnt++;
 
 		if(!cnt) continue;
-		if (vis) pline("%s %s!", Yname2(obj),
+		if (vis) pline("%s%s %s!",
+			       (cnt == obj->quan) ? "" :
+				 (cnt > 1L) ? "Some of " : "One of ",
+			       (cnt == obj->quan) ? Yname2(obj) : yname(obj),
 			       destroy_strings[dindx][(cnt > 1L)]);
 		for(i = 0; i < cnt; i++) m_useup(mtmp, obj);
 	    }