diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/storage/storage_base.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/storage/storage_base.dm
index 5cb6123a129..4335e8a213a 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/storage/storage_base.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/storage/storage_base.dm
@@ -468,14 +468,12 @@
 		add_fingerprint(user)
 
 	if(!prevent_warning)
-		// all mobs with clients attached, sans the item's user
-
 		// the item's user will always get a notification
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You put [I] into [src].</span>")
 
 		// if the item less than normal sized, only people within 1 tile get the message, otherwise, everybody in view gets it
 		if(I.w_class < WEIGHT_CLASS_NORMAL)
-			for(var/mob/M in range(1, user))
+			for(var/mob/M in orange(1, user))
 				if(in_range(M, user))
 					M.show_message("<span class='notice'>[user] puts [I] into [src].</span>")
 		else