diff --git a/src/common/gamecode/creport.c b/src/common/gamecode/creport.c
index 1b3ffcdff..0eaef9945 100644
--- a/src/common/gamecode/creport.c
+++ b/src/common/gamecode/creport.c
@@ -985,6 +985,8 @@ cr_reportspell(FILE * F,  spell *sp, const struct locale * lang)
   fprintf(F, "%d;level\n", sp->level);
   fprintf(F, "%d;rank\n", sp->rank);
   fprintf(F, "\"%s\";info\n", spell_info(sp, lang));
+  if (sp->syntax) fprintf(F, "\"%s\";syntax\n", sp->syntax);
+  else fputs(F, "\"\";syntax\n", F);
 
   if (sp->sptyp & PRECOMBATSPELL) fputs("\"precombat\";class\n", F);
   else if (sp->sptyp & COMBATSPELL) fputs("\"combat\";class\n", F);