I have been using my spear for quite a while now and I have noticed some confusion come up on whether or not I must announce one or two handed. Normally I am fairly good at distinguishing between double and single handed strikes by announcing them to my opponents but every now and then I either get caught up or over concentrated and will forget to say one or the other. Because of this I have had people in armor tell me they were not going to take the shot because I didn't say what kind of stab it was even if they saw and knew it was with two hands all because I forgot to announce it so they "only had to take it as a single green". It was my understanding that as per the rules it didn't matter what, if anything, I said because I am only telling you what I hit you with for clarification.
Am I correct in this line of thought or am I just talking out my butt?