diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index fea30b8ae5bc..e106b8ef16df 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@
    * Added stricter validation to ensure units cannot have negative hitpoints,
      except during specific attack-related events.
    * Added deprecation notices for several macros that had them missing before.
+   * [message] no longer scrolls to units through fog or shroud so it matches
+     1.12's behavior.
 
 ## Version 1.13.12
  ### Security fixes
diff --git a/data/lua/wml/message.lua b/data/lua/wml/message.lua
index 2f2eec664afd..b5412c016026 100644
--- a/data/lua/wml/message.lua
+++ b/data/lua/wml/message.lua
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ function wesnoth.wml_actions.message(cfg)
 	else
 		-- Check ~= false, because the default if omitted should be true
 		if cfg.scroll ~= false then
-			wesnoth.scroll_to_tile(speaker.x, speaker.y, false, false, true)
+			wesnoth.scroll_to_tile(speaker.x, speaker.y, true, false, true)
 		end
 
 		wesnoth.highlight_hex(speaker.x, speaker.y)