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diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/mon-util.cc b/crawl-ref/source/mon-util.cc
index 65485c4b76..a24afa354b 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/mon-util.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/mon-util.cc
@@ -8269,10 +8269,7 @@ std::string do_mon_str_replacements(const std::string &in_msg,
else
msg = replace_all(msg, "@says@", sound_list[s_type]);
- // The proper possessive for a word ending in an "s" is to
- // put an apostrophe after the "s": "Chris" -> "Chris'",
- // not "Chris" -> "Chris's". Stupid English language...
- msg = replace_all(msg, "s's", "s'");
+ msg = apostrophise_fixup(msg);
return (msg);
}