diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index ccb91eec7..408d3a4f5 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ free storage used to hold region messages in free_region()
 honor pushweapon when applying a tool or weapon causes it to become wielded
 in the quest, if the locate level hasn't been reached yet, don't fall or
 	randomly teleport past it
+fix phrasing in monster against monster attack feedback when attacker is
+	wielding stacked weapons
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/mhitm.c b/src/mhitm.c
index 9d0fcd16c..37341a6f9 100644
--- a/src/mhitm.c
+++ b/src/mhitm.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)mhitm.c	3.5	2006/05/09	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)mhitm.c	3.5	2006/08/07	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -1321,15 +1321,15 @@ register struct obj *obj;
 
 STATIC_OVL void
 mswingsm(magr, mdef, otemp)
-register struct monst *magr, *mdef;
-register struct obj *otemp;
+struct monst *magr, *mdef;
+struct obj *otemp;
 {
-	char buf[BUFSZ];
-	if (!flags.verbose || Blind || !mon_visible(magr)) return;
-	Strcpy(buf, mon_nam(mdef));
-	pline("%s %s %s %s at %s.", Monnam(magr),
+    if (flags.verbose && !Blind && mon_visible(magr)) {
+	pline("%s %s %s%s %s at %s.", Monnam(magr),
 	      (objects[otemp->otyp].oc_dir & PIERCE) ? "thrusts" : "swings",
-	      mhis(magr), singular(otemp, xname), buf);
+	      (otemp->quan > 1L) ? "one of " : "",
+	      mhis(magr), xname(otemp), mon_nam(mdef));
+    }
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/mhitu.c b/src/mhitu.c
index d0f1a3ba4..798fab331 100644
--- a/src/mhitu.c
+++ b/src/mhitu.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)mhitu.c	3.5	2006/03/27	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)mhitu.c	3.5	2006/08/07	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -97,15 +97,15 @@ register struct attack *mattk;
 
 STATIC_OVL void
 mswings(mtmp, otemp)		/* monster swings obj */
-register struct monst *mtmp;
-register struct obj *otemp;
+struct monst *mtmp;
+struct obj *otemp;
 {
-	if (!flags.verbose || Blind || !mon_visible(mtmp))
-		return;
+    if (flags.verbose && !Blind && mon_visible(mtmp)) {
 	pline("%s %s %s%s %s.", Monnam(mtmp),
 	      (objects[otemp->otyp].oc_dir & PIERCE) ? "thrusts" : "swings",
 	      (otemp->quan > 1L) ? "one of " : "",
 	      mhis(mtmp), xname(otemp));
+    }
 }
 
 /* return how a poison attack was delivered */