diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/surgery.dm b/code/modules/surgery/surgery.dm
index 57c0cb64285..29d37d6b3c0 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/surgery.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/surgery.dm
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@
 				if(S?.voluntary)
 					H.SetSleeping(0) // wake up people who are napping through the surgery
 					if(pain_mod < 0.95)
-						to_chat(H, "<span class='danger'>The surgery on your [target_zone] is agonizingly painful, and wrecks you out of your shallow slumber!</span>")
+						to_chat(H, "<span class='danger'>The surgery on your [parse_zone(target_zone)] is agonizingly painful, and rips you out of your shallow slumber!</span>")
 					else
 						// Still wake people up, but they shouldn't be as alarmed.
-						to_chat(H, "<span class='warning'>The surgery being performed on your [target_zone] wakes you up.</span>")
+						to_chat(H, "<span class='warning'>The surgery being performed on your [parse_zone(target_zone)] wakes you up.</span>")
 				prob_chance *= pain_mod //operating on conscious people is hard.
 
 		if(prob(prob_chance) || isrobot(user))