1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/itemname.cc b/crawl-ref/source/itemname.cc
index b9554065c9..646b203065 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/itemname.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/itemname.cc
@@ -1898,14 +1898,15 @@ static char retlet( int sed )
 
 bool is_interesting_item( const item_def& item )
 {
-    if ( is_random_artefact(item) ||
-         is_unrandom_artefact(item) ||
-         is_fixed_artefact(item) )
-        return true;
+    if (fully_identified(item)
+        && (is_random_artefact(item) ||
+            is_unrandom_artefact(item) ||
+            is_fixed_artefact(item)))
+        return (true);
 
     const std::string iname = item.name(DESC_PLAIN);
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < Options.note_items.size(); ++i)
         if (Options.note_items[i].matches(iname))
-            return true;
-    return false;
+            return (true);
+    return (false);
 }