diff --git a/doc/fixes34.3 b/doc/fixes34.3
index 176760326..e459b02d8 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.3
+++ b/doc/fixes34.3
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ attempting to place migrating monsters onto a monster-saturated level no
 	longer triggers impossible()
 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
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/priest.c b/src/priest.c
index 5405fc233..2afef9221 100644
--- a/src/priest.c
+++ b/src/priest.c
@@ -377,7 +377,9 @@ register int roomno;
 
 		    if(!(mtmp = makemon(&mons[PM_GHOST],u.ux,u.uy,NO_MM_FLAGS)))
 			return;
-		    pline("An enormous ghost appears next to you!");
+		    if (!Blind || sensemon(mtmp))
+			pline("An enormous ghost appears next to you!");
+		    else You("sense a presence close by!");
 		    mtmp->mpeaceful = 0;
 		    set_malign(mtmp);
 		    if(flags.verbose)