diff --git a/doc/fixes34.3 b/doc/fixes34.3
index 27dab1b01..fba939308 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.3
+++ b/doc/fixes34.3
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ open_levelfile_exclusively() was showing the return value -1 in a panic message,
 	even though that was the only possible value; show errno instead
 it was inappropriate to have a ghost "appear" in desecrated temple when 
 	you were blind and without telepathy
+accept wish for "grey spell book" not just "grey spellbook"
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/objnam.c b/src/objnam.c
index 0e1e51082..5dadeb7e9 100644
--- a/src/objnam.c
+++ b/src/objnam.c
@@ -2019,7 +2019,7 @@ boolean from_user;
 		as++;
 	}
 	/* can't use spellings list for this one due to shuffling */
-	if (!strcmpi(bp, "grey spellbook"))
+	if (!strncmpi(bp, "grey spell", 10))
 		*(bp + 2) = 'a';
     }