diff --git a/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim b/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim
index ac9401e..8bfa57d 100644
--- a/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
       \ 'imstyle': [[0, 1], [-1, 2, 999]],
       \ 'lines': [[2, 24, 1000], [-1, 0, 1]],
       \ 'linespace': [[-1, 0, 2, 4, 999], ['']],
-      \ 'msghistory': [[0, 1, 100, 10000], [-1, 10001]],
       \ 'numberwidth': [[1, 4, 8, 10, 11, 20], [-1, 0, 21]],
       \ 'regexpengine': [[0, 1, 2], [-1, 3, 999]],
       \ 'report': [[0, 1, 2, 9999], [-1]],
@@ -233,6 +232,11 @@
       \		'eol:\\u21b5', 'eol:\\U000021b5', 'eol:x,space:y'],
       \		['xxx', 'eol:']],
       \ 'matchpairs': [['', '(:)', '(:),<:>'], ['xxx']],
+      \ 'messagesopt': [['hit-enter,history:1', 'hit-enter,history:10000',
+      \		'history:100,wait:100', 'history:0,wait:0',
+      \		'hit-enter,history:1,wait:1'],
+      \		['xxx', 'history:500', 'hit-enter,history:-1',
+      \		'hit-enter,history:10001', 'hit-enter']],
       \ 'mkspellmem': [['10000,100,12'], ['', 'xxx', '10000,100']],
       \ 'mouse': [['', 'n', 'v', 'i', 'c', 'h', 'a', 'r', 'nvi'],
       \		['xxx', 'n,v,i']],
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim b/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
index 2fbce74..6d4fdd7 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
@@ -4032,30 +4032,4 @@
   let &shellslash = save_shellslash
 endfunc
 
-func Test_msghistory()
-  " After setting 'msghistory' to 2 and outputting a message 4 times with
-  " :echomsg, is the number of output lines of :messages 2?
-  set msghistory=2
-  echomsg 'foo'
-  echomsg 'bar'
-  echomsg 'baz'
-  echomsg 'foobar'
-  call assert_equal(['baz', 'foobar'], GetMessages())
-
-  " When the number of messages is 10 and 'msghistory' is changed to 5, is the
-  " number of output lines of :messages 5?
-  set msghistory=10
-  for num in range(1, 10)
-    echomsg num
-  endfor
-  set msghistory=5
-  call assert_equal(5, len(GetMessages()))
-
-  " Check empty list
-  set msghistory=0
-  call assert_true(empty(GetMessages()))
-
-  set msghistory&
-endfunc
-
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_messages.vim b/src/testdir/test_messages.vim
index 46f3368..1b5f809 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_messages.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_messages.vim
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
 " Test more-prompt (see :help more-prompt).
 func Test_message_more()
   CheckRunVimInTerminal
+
   let buf = RunVimInTerminal('', {'rows': 6})
   call term_sendkeys(buf, ":call setline(1, range(1, 100))\n")
 
@@ -657,5 +658,50 @@
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 endfunc
 
+func Test_messagesopt_history()
+  " After setting 'messagesopt' "history" to 2 and outputting a message 4 times
+  " with :echomsg, is the number of output lines of :messages 2?
+  set messagesopt=hit-enter,history:2
+  echomsg 'foo'
+  echomsg 'bar'
+  echomsg 'baz'
+  echomsg 'foobar'
+  call assert_equal(['baz', 'foobar'], GetMessages())
+
+  " When the number of messages is 10 and 'messagesopt' "history" is changed to
+  " 5, is the number of output lines of :messages 5?
+  set messagesopt=hit-enter,history:10
+  for num in range(1, 10)
+    echomsg num
+  endfor
+  set messagesopt=hit-enter,history:5
+  call assert_equal(5, len(GetMessages()))
+
+  " Check empty list
+  set messagesopt=hit-enter,history:0
+  call assert_true(empty(GetMessages()))
+
+  set messagesopt&
+endfunc
+
+func Test_messagesopt_wait()
+  CheckRunVimInTerminal
+
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('', {'rows': 6, 'cols': 45})
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":set cmdheight=1\n")
+
+  " Check hit-enter prompt
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":set messagesopt=hit-enter,history:500\n")
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":echo 'foo' | echo 'bar' echo 'baz'\n")
+  call WaitForAssert({-> assert_equal('Press ENTER or type command to continue', term_getline(buf, 6))})
+
+  " Check no hit-enter prompt when "wait:" is set
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":set messagesopt=wait:100,history:500\n")
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":echo 'foo' | echo 'bar' echo 'baz'\n")
+  call WaitForAssert({-> assert_equal('                           0,0-1         All', term_getline(buf, 6))})
+
+  " clean up
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+endfunc
 
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_options.vim b/src/testdir/test_options.vim
index cd66cdf..34efbb5 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_options.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_options.vim
@@ -633,6 +633,10 @@
   call feedkeys(":set hl=8b i\<Left>\<Left>\<Tab>\<C-B>\"\<CR>", 'xt')
   call assert_equal("\"set hl=8bi i", @:)
 
+  " messagesopt
+  call assert_equal(['history:', 'hit-enter', 'wait:'],
+        \ getcompletion('set messagesopt+=', 'cmdline')->sort())
+
   "
   " Test flag lists
   "
@@ -732,7 +736,6 @@
   call assert_fails('set backupcopy=', 'E474:')
   call assert_fails('set regexpengine=3', 'E474:')
   call assert_fails('set history=10001', 'E474:')
-  call assert_fails('set msghistory=10001', 'E474:')
   call assert_fails('set numberwidth=21', 'E474:')
   call assert_fails('set colorcolumn=-a', 'E474:')
   call assert_fails('set colorcolumn=a', 'E474:')
@@ -746,7 +749,6 @@
   endif
   call assert_fails('set helpheight=-1', 'E487:')
   call assert_fails('set history=-1', 'E487:')
-  call assert_fails('set msghistory=-1', 'E487:')
   call assert_fails('set report=-1', 'E487:')
   call assert_fails('set shiftwidth=-1', 'E487:')
   call assert_fails('set sidescroll=-1', 'E487:')
@@ -2509,6 +2511,7 @@
         \ ['lispoptions', 'expr:1', 'a123'],
         \ ['listchars', 'tab:->', 'tab:'],
         \ ['matchpairs', '<:>', '<:'],
+        \ ['messagesopt', 'hit-enter,history:100', 'a123'],
         \ ['mkspellmem', '100000,1000,100', '100000'],
         \ ['mouse', 'nvi', 'z'],
         \ ['mousemodel', 'extend', 'a123'],