1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/directn.cc b/crawl-ref/source/directn.cc
index 929f11ae81..50809bdd9b 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/directn.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/directn.cc
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ static bool _find_mlist( const coord_def& where, int idx, bool need_path,
             continue;
 
         real_idx++;
-    }
+   }
 
     monsters *mon  = &menv[targ_mon];
 
@@ -2783,11 +2783,8 @@ std::string get_monster_desc(const monsters *mon, bool full_desc,
         // Note that the only difference between DESC_BASENAME and DESC_PLAIN
         // is that basename will ignore mname, so the monster _must_ be named
         // for this to make any sense.
-        if (!(mon->mname).empty() && desc != mon->name(DESC_BASENAME)
-            && mon->type != MONS_PLAYER_GHOST)
-        {
+        if (mon->has_base_name())
             desc += " the " + mon->name(DESC_BASENAME);
-        }
 
         if (print_attitude)
         {