diff --git a/doc/fixes34.3 b/doc/fixes34.3
index 75aee3998..0dc20adba 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.3
+++ b/doc/fixes34.3
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ fix an impossible rndmonst: bad `mndx' bug
 pets should not try to go after objects that they can't reach
 cutting a shopkeeper polymorphed in to a long worm would generate strange
 	messages and could cause a crash
+reading a cursed scroll of light in a corridor wouldn't display correctly
+	if lit_corridor option was disabled
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/display.c b/src/display.c
index 64e34d8db..31012e3ac 100644
--- a/src/display.c
+++ b/src/display.c
@@ -746,14 +746,14 @@ newsym(x,y)
 	 *  Note:  If flags.lit_corridor is set, then corridors act like room
 	 *	   squares.  That is, they light up if in night vision range.
 	 *	   If flags.lit_corridor is not set, then corridors will
-	 *	   remain dark unless lit by a light spell.
+	 *	   remain dark unless lit by a light spell and may darken
+	 *	   again, as discussed above.
 	 *
 	 * These checks and changes must be here and not in back_to_glyph().
 	 * They are dependent on the position being out of sight.
 	 */
 	else if (!lev->waslit) {
-	    if (flags.lit_corridor && lev->glyph == cmap_to_glyph(S_litcorr) &&
-							    lev->typ == CORR)
+	    if (lev->glyph == cmap_to_glyph(S_litcorr) && lev->typ == CORR)
 		show_glyph(x, y, lev->glyph = cmap_to_glyph(S_corr));
 	    else if (lev->glyph == cmap_to_glyph(S_room) && lev->typ == ROOM)
 		show_glyph(x, y, lev->glyph = cmap_to_glyph(S_stone));