diff --git a/res/core/messages.xml b/res/core/messages.xml
index c78b279d1..6dbb8974a 100644
--- a/res/core/messages.xml
+++ b/res/core/messages.xml
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@
       <arg name="transparent" type="int"/>
       <arg name="object" type="string"/>
     </type>
-    <text locale="de">"$if($transparent," befindet sich"," versperrt") ${object} $if($transparent,""," die Sicht")."</text>
+    <text locale="de">"$if($transparent," befindet sich"," versperrt") ${object}$if($transparent,""," die Sicht")."</text>
     <text locale="en">"$if($transparent," there is"," sight is blocked by ") ${object}."</text>
   </message>
   <message name="nr_building_besieged" section="nr">
diff --git a/src/report.c b/src/report.c
index f735e41ea..b49cdea9b 100644
--- a/src/report.c
+++ b/src/report.c
@@ -515,31 +515,27 @@ nr_curses_i(stream *out, int indent, const faction *viewer, objtype_t typ, const
 {
     for (; a; a = a->next) {
         char buf[4096];
-        message *msg;
+        message *msg = 0;
 
         if (fval(a->type, ATF_CURSE)) {
             curse *c = (curse *)a->data.v;
 
             self = curse_cansee(c, viewer, typ, obj, self);
             msg = msg_curse(c, obj, typ, self);
-
-            if (msg) {
-                newline(out);
-                nr_render(msg, viewer->locale, buf, sizeof(buf), viewer);
-                paragraph(out, buf, indent, 2, 0);
-                msg_release(msg);
-            }
         }
         else if (a->type == &at_effect && self) {
             effect_data *data = (effect_data *)a->data.v;
             if (data->value > 0) {
                 msg = msg_message("nr_potion_effect", "potion left",
                     data->type->itype->rtype, data->value);
-                nr_render(msg, viewer->locale, buf, sizeof(buf), viewer);
-                paragraph(out, buf, indent, 2, 0);
-                msg_release(msg);
             }
         }
+        if (msg) {
+            newline(out);
+            nr_render(msg, viewer->locale, buf, sizeof(buf), viewer);
+            paragraph(out, buf, indent, 2, 0);
+            msg_release(msg);
+        }
     }
 }