diff --git a/code/datums/verbs.dm b/code/datums/verbs.dm
index 2c124d3114b..bc5da928fae 100644
--- a/code/datums/verbs.dm
+++ b/code/datums/verbs.dm
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 /datum/verbs/proc/GetList()
 	CRASH("Abstract verblist for [type]")
 
-//modify outlist for each entry in Generate_list
-/datum/verbs/proc/HandleVerb(list/outlist, atom/verb/verbpath, ...)
+//do things for each entry in Generate_list
+//return value sets Generate_list[verbpath]
+/datum/verbs/proc/HandleVerb(list/entry, atom/verb/verbpath, ...)
 
 /datum/verbs/New()
 	var/mainlist = GetList()
@@ -91,8 +92,7 @@
 		else
 			entry["command"] = replacetext(verbpath.name, " ", "-")
 		
-		HandleVerb(arglist(list(entry, verbpath) + args))
-		.[verbpath] = entry
+		.[verbpath] = HandleVerb(arglist(list(entry, verbpath) + args))
 
 /world/proc/LoadVerbs(verb_type)
 	if(!ispath(verb_type, /datum/verbs) || verb_type == /datum/verbs)
diff --git a/interface/menu.dm b/interface/menu.dm
index a2220d529fc..8e7045cb620 100644
--- a/interface/menu.dm
+++ b/interface/menu.dm
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(menulist)
 /datum/verbs/menu/GetList()
 	return GLOB.menulist
 
-/datum/verbs/menu/Generate_list()
-	. = ..()
-	for(var/I in .)
-		.[I] = list2params(.[I])
-
 /datum/verbs/menu/HandleVerb(list/entry, verbpath, client/C)
 	var/datum/verbs/menu/verb_true_parent = GLOB.menulist[verblist[verbpath]]
 	var/true_checkbox = verb_true_parent.checkbox
@@ -37,6 +32,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(menulist)
 		entry["command"] = ".updatemenuchecked \"[verb_true_parent.type]\" \"[verbpath]\"\n[entry["command"]]"
 		entry["can-check"] = TRUE
 		entry["group"] = "[verb_true_parent.type]"
+	return list2params(entry)
 
 /datum/verbs/menu/proc/Get_checked(client/C)
 	return C.prefs.menuoptions[type] || default || FALSE