1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/delay.cc b/crawl-ref/source/delay.cc
index 543f81492d..276ee762e4 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/delay.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/delay.cc
@@ -506,9 +506,9 @@ void stop_delay( bool stop_stair_travel )
     case DELAY_DESCENDING_STAIRS: // short... and probably what people want
          if (stop_stair_travel)
          {
-#ifdef DEBUG_DIAGNOSTICS
-             mpr("Stop ascending/descending stairs.", MSGCH_DIAGNOSTICS);
-#endif
+             mprf("You stop %s the stairs.",
+                  delay.type == DELAY_ASCENDING_STAIRS ? "ascending"
+                                                       : "descending");
              _pop_delay();
          }
          break;