diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 0d0269b..eec68e8 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -6647,6 +6647,11 @@
 	    tbuf = alloc((unsigned)(STRLEN(path) + STRLEN(mesg)
 							+ STRLEN(mesg2) + 2));
 	    sprintf((char *)tbuf, mesg, path);
+#ifdef FEAT_EVAL
+	    /* Set warningmsg here, before the unimportant and output-specific
+	     * mesg2 has been appended. */
+	    set_vim_var_string(VV_WARNINGMSG, tbuf, -1);
+#endif
 #if defined(FEAT_CON_DIALOG) || defined(FEAT_GUI_DIALOG)
 	    if (can_reload)
 	    {
diff --git a/src/misc1.c b/src/misc1.c
index 0487290..3fdcdec 100644
--- a/src/misc1.c
+++ b/src/misc1.c
@@ -2955,6 +2955,8 @@
     int	    col;		/* column for message; non-zero when in insert
 				   mode and 'showmode' is on */
 {
+    static char *w_readonly = N_("W10: Warning: Changing a readonly file");
+
     if (curbuf->b_did_warn == FALSE
 	    && curbufIsChanged() == 0
 #ifdef FEAT_AUTOCMD
@@ -2977,8 +2979,10 @@
 	if (msg_row == Rows - 1)
 	    msg_col = col;
 	msg_source(hl_attr(HLF_W));
-	MSG_PUTS_ATTR(_("W10: Warning: Changing a readonly file"),
-						   hl_attr(HLF_W) | MSG_HIST);
+	MSG_PUTS_ATTR(_(w_readonly), hl_attr(HLF_W) | MSG_HIST);
+#ifdef FEAT_EVAL
+	set_vim_var_string(VV_WARNINGMSG, (char_u *)_(w_readonly), -1);
+#endif
 	msg_clr_eos();
 	(void)msg_end();
 	if (msg_silent == 0 && !silent_mode)
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index cc33631..5e71c9b 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -7563,9 +7563,13 @@
 	     * set. */
 	    if (STRCMP(p_enc, "utf-8") != 0)
 	    {
+		static char *w_arabic = N_("W17: Arabic requires UTF-8, do ':set encoding=utf-8'");
+
 		msg_source(hl_attr(HLF_W));
-		MSG_ATTR(_("W17: Arabic requires UTF-8, do ':set encoding=utf-8'"),
-			hl_attr(HLF_W));
+		MSG_ATTR(_(w_arabic), hl_attr(HLF_W));
+#ifdef FEAT_EVAL
+		set_vim_var_string(VV_WARNINGMSG, (char_u *)_(w_arabic), -1);
+#endif
 	    }
 
 # ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 252a738..415329a 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -677,6 +677,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    146,
+/**/
     145,
 /**/
     144,