diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
index a8a4133310d..348aab228ae 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
@@ -170,9 +170,13 @@
 
 		if("growl", "growls")
 			var/M = handle_emote_param(param)
-			message = "<B>[src]</B> growls[M ? " at [M]" : ""]."
-			playsound(loc, "growls", 80, 1, frequency = get_age_pitch())
-			m_type = 2
+			if(miming)
+				message = "<B>[src]</B> acts out a growl[M ? " at [M]" : ""]!"
+				m_type = 1
+			else
+				message = "<B>[src]</B> growls[M ? " at [M]" : ""]!"
+				playsound(loc, "growls", 80, 1, frequency = get_age_pitch())
+				m_type = 2
 
 		if("ping", "pings")
 			var/M = handle_emote_param(param)