diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index df5704ff6..53409069a 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ shopkeeper removal of trap from shop doorway yields an open door instead of
 	a closed one if an intact open door is present
 guarantee that hostile djinn released from bottles really are hostile
 handle lava when removing or losing water walking boots
+fix incomplete sentence occuring when unique monster's corpse fell down stairs
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/dokick.c b/src/dokick.c
index 5f81348f6..d40df0543 100644
--- a/src/dokick.c
+++ b/src/dokick.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)dokick.c	3.4	2004/06/12	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)dokick.c	3.4	2004/08/02	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Izchak Miller, Mike Stephenson, Steve Linhart, 1989. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ long num;
 	Sprintf(obuf, "%s%s",
 		 (otmp->otyp == CORPSE &&
 			type_is_pname(&mons[otmp->corpsenm])) ? "" : "The ",
-		 xname(otmp));
+		 cxname(otmp));
 
 	if(num) { /* means: other objects are impacted */
 	    Sprintf(eos(obuf), " %s %s object%s",
diff --git a/src/objnam.c b/src/objnam.c
index 967d0ccec..ac6471014 100644
--- a/src/objnam.c
+++ b/src/objnam.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)objnam.c	3.4	2003/12/22	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)objnam.c	3.4	2004/08/02	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -812,8 +812,12 @@ struct obj *otmp;
 boolean ignore_oquan;	/* to force singular */
 {
 	char *nambuf = nextobuf();
+	int mndx = otmp->corpsenm;
+	const char *mname = (mndx != NON_PM) ? mons[mndx].mname :
+				(const char *)"thing";	/* shouldn't happen */
 
-	Sprintf(nambuf, "%s corpse", mons[otmp->corpsenm].mname);
+	if (type_is_pname(&mons[mndx])) mname = s_suffix(mname);
+	Sprintf(nambuf, "%s corpse", mname);
 
 	if (ignore_oquan || otmp->quan < 2)
 	    return nambuf;