diff --git a/code/modules/mining/equipment.dm b/code/modules/mining/equipment.dm
index adcd2b4762c..3c10a2baad6 100644
--- a/code/modules/mining/equipment.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mining/equipment.dm
@@ -476,10 +476,10 @@
 	icon_state = "mining_hammer1"
 	item_state = "mining_hammer1"
 	name = "proto-kinetic crusher"
-	desc = "An early design of the proto-kinetic accelerator, it is little more than an combination of various mining tools cobbled together, forming a high-tech club.\
-	  While it is an effective mining tool, it did little to aid any but the most skilled and/or suicidal miners against local fauna. \
-	 \n<span class='info'>Mark a mob with the destabilizing force, then hit them in melee to activate it for extra damage. Extra damage if backstabbed in this fashion. \
-	 This weapon is only particularly effective against large creatures.</span>"
+	desc = "An early design of the proto-kinetic accelerator, it is little more than an combination of various mining tools cobbled together, forming a high-tech club. \
+	While it is an effective mining tool, it did little to aid any but the most skilled and/or suicidal miners against local fauna.\
+	\n<span class='info'>Mark a mob with the destabilizing force, then hit them in melee to activate it for extra damage. Extra damage if backstabbed in this fashion. \
+	This weapon is only particularly effective against large creatures.</span>"
 	force = 20 //As much as a bone spear, but this is significantly more annoying to carry around due to requiring the use of both hands at all times
 	w_class = 4
 	slot_flags = SLOT_BACK
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
 	armour_penetration = 10
 	materials = list(MAT_METAL=1150, MAT_GLASS=2075)
 	hitsound = 'sound/weapons/bladeslice.ogg'
-	attack_verb = list("smashes", "crushes", "cleaves", "chops", "pulps")
+	attack_verb = list("smashed", "crushed", "cleaved", "chopped", "pulped")
 	sharpness = IS_SHARP
 	var/charged = 1
 	var/charge_time = 16