Simple shape fill question

Ok ... i've been using photoshop since 1.0, and this has to be an elementary question - i'm just blanked.
I drew a shape with the pen tool, closed it by clicking on the starting node.
But the fill is "outside" the shape and not "inside".
I've never seen this happen before ...i've drawn literally thousands of shapes (tracing images etc as you would in illustrator or other vector-drawing programs).... what gives? how do i get the shape fill "inside" the shape and not "outside"?
thanks.

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