diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_changing_cmdheight_7.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_changing_cmdheight_7.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a3ba88e48d87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_changing_cmdheight_7.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
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diff --git a/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim b/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
index 33ff606424f14..410bccbec1046 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ func Test_changing_cmdheight()
 
   let lines =<< trim END
       set cmdheight=1 laststatus=2
+      func EchoOne()
+        set laststatus=2 cmdheight=1
+        echo 'foo'
+        echo 'bar'
+        set cmdheight=2
+      endfunc
       func EchoTwo()
         set laststatus=2
         set cmdheight=5
@@ -305,6 +311,10 @@ func Test_changing_cmdheight()
   call term_sendkeys(buf, ":call EchoTwo()\<CR>")
   call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_changing_cmdheight_6', {})
 
+  " increasing 'cmdheight' doesn't clear the messages that need hit-enter
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":call EchoOne()\<CR>")
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_changing_cmdheight_7', {})
+
   " clean up
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 endfunc
diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index f77ede330d304..881b336279808 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -7165,11 +7165,14 @@ command_height(void)
 	    // Recompute window positions.
 	    (void)win_comp_pos();
 
-	    // clear the lines added to cmdline
-	    if (full_screen)
-		screen_fill(cmdline_row, (int)Rows, 0,
-						   (int)Columns, ' ', ' ', 0);
-	    msg_row = cmdline_row;
+	    if (!need_wait_return)
+	    {
+		// clear the lines added to cmdline
+		if (full_screen)
+		    screen_fill(cmdline_row, (int)Rows, 0,
+						       (int)Columns, ' ', ' ', 0);
+		msg_row = cmdline_row;
+	    }
 	    redraw_cmdline = TRUE;
 	    return;
 	}