diff --git a/src/shk.c b/src/shk.c
index ef5bc0206..649a84521 100644
--- a/src/shk.c
+++ b/src/shk.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	shk.c	$NHDT-Date: 1551738135 2019/03/04 22:22:15 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.157 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	shk.c	$NHDT-Date: 1555058014 2019/04/12 08:33:34 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.158 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2012. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -3397,7 +3397,7 @@ register xchar x, y;
         && dist2(shkp->mx, shkp->my, x, y) < 3
         /* if it is the shk's pos, you hit and anger him */
         && (shkp->mx != x || shkp->my != y)) {
-        if (mnearto(shkp, x, y, TRUE) && !Deaf && !muteshk(shkp))
+        if (mnearto(shkp, x, y, TRUE) == 2 && !Deaf && !muteshk(shkp))
             verbalize("Out of my way, scum!");
         if (cansee(x, y)) {
             pline("%s nimbly%s catches %s.", Shknam(shkp),