diff --git a/src/ui/window.c b/src/ui/window.c
index f0ec5bbb..2bf576fd 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.c
+++ b/src/ui/window.c
@@ -2001,7 +2001,19 @@ _win_print_internal(ProfWin* window, const char* show_char, int pad_indent, GDat
         }
     }
 
-    _win_ensure_pad_capacity(window, window->layout->win, getcury(window->layout->win));
+    // reserve pad rows for this message's full height so a tall message isn't clipped at the pad bottom (a clipped height desyncs the scroll offset)
+    int usable = getmaxx(window->layout->win) - (indent + pad_indent);
+    if (usable < 1) {
+        usable = 1;
+    }
+    int msg_nl = 0;
+    for (const char* mp = message + offset; *mp; mp++) {
+        if (*mp == '\n') {
+            msg_nl++;
+        }
+    }
+    int est_lines = msg_nl + (int)(utf8_display_len(message + offset) / usable) + 2;
+    _win_ensure_pad_capacity(window, window->layout->win, getcury(window->layout->win) + est_lines);
 
     if (prefs_get_boolean(PREF_WRAP)) {
         _win_print_wrapped(window->layout->win, message + offset, indent, pad_indent);