diff --git a/docs/rh-log.txt b/docs/rh-log.txt
index f71838e7b..64629b74a 100644
--- a/docs/rh-log.txt
+++ b/docs/rh-log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-April 1, 2008
+April 2, 2009
+- Fixed: UseHealthItems() gave you health equal to the number of items in
+  the stack of health items, rather than the item's proper amount.
+
+April 1, 2008
 - Fixed: SBARINFO's "usessecondaryammo" considered a weapon to not use
   secondaryammo if ammo2's type was the same as ammo1's, but only if you
   didn't use the "not" keyword with it.
diff --git a/src/p_interaction.cpp b/src/p_interaction.cpp
index bd3f47a80..68dbda5cc 100644
--- a/src/p_interaction.cpp
+++ b/src/p_interaction.cpp
@@ -744,11 +744,11 @@ static int UseHealthItems(TArray<AInventory *> &Items, int &saveHealth)
 			if (Items[i]->health > maxhealth)
 			{
 				index = i;
-				maxhealth = Items[i]->Amount;
+				maxhealth = Items[i]->health;
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Now apply the health items, using the same logic as Heretic anf Hexen.
+		// Now apply the health items, using the same logic as Heretic and Hexen.
 		int count = (saveHealth + maxhealth-1) / maxhealth;
 		for(int i = 0; i < count; i++)
 		{