diff --git a/code/modules/martial_arts/martial.dm b/code/modules/martial_arts/martial.dm
index bc907d96dcf..ef8a905a155 100644
--- a/code/modules/martial_arts/martial.dm
+++ b/code/modules/martial_arts/martial.dm
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 	if(slot == slot_belt)
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = user
 		if(HAS_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_PACIFISM))
-			to_chat("<span class='warning'>In spite of the grandiosity of the belt, you don't feel like getting into any fights.</span>")
+			to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>In spite of the grandiosity of the belt, you don't feel like getting into any fights.</span>")
 			return
 		style.teach(H,1)
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='sciradio'>You have an urge to flex your muscles and get into a fight. You have the knowledge of a thousand wrestlers before you. You can remember more by using the Recall teaching verb in the wrestling tab.</span>")