diff --git a/src/pray.c b/src/pray.c
index 96fddf852..9e0368e8d 100644
--- a/src/pray.c
+++ b/src/pray.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ verbalize("In return for thy service, I grant thee the gift of Immortality!");
     } /* fake Amulet */
 
     if (value == 0) {
-	pline(nothing_happens);
+	pline1(nothing_happens);
 	return (1);
     }