diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index 19e95bd3a..6d4fa18a3 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.892 $ $NHDT-Date: 1650963745 2022/04/26 09:02:25 $
+HDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.902 $ $NHDT-Date: 1651297020 2022/04/30 05:37:00 $
 
 General Fixes and Modified Features
 -----------------------------------
@@ -901,10 +901,15 @@ for force-fight against edge of level, report "you harmlessly attack unknown
 using wizard mode ^V in endgame to return to previously visited Plane of Water
 	now gets the same air bubbles back instead of a replacement set;
 	likewise for clouds on Plane of Air
+on tty at least, "version incompatibility for save/123xyzzy" was invisible:
+	a blank message of appropriate length followed by --More--
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
+incrementing EDITLEVEL to invalidate incompatible save files was not working
+	as intended because VERSION_COMPABILITY was defined as 3.7.0-0 and up
+	rather than as 3.7.0-N for the current EDITLEVEL 'N'; undefine it
 fix compile when DLB isn't defined
 urealtime.realtime was being incorrectly calculated
 revised "mysterious force" when climbing out of gehennom could generate
diff --git a/include/patchlevel.h b/include/patchlevel.h
index e3e623000..b2d7b54fb 100644
--- a/include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/include/patchlevel.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.7	patchlevel.h	$NHDT-Date: 1646870832 2022/03/10 00:07:12 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.202 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.7	patchlevel.h	$NHDT-Date: 1651297020 2022/04/30 05:37:00 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.207 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Michael Allison, 2012. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * Incrementing EDITLEVEL can be used to force invalidation of old bones
  * and save files.
  */
-#define EDITLEVEL 56
+#define EDITLEVEL 57
 
 /*
  * Development status possibilities.
@@ -51,8 +51,15 @@
  * 0x = literal prefix "0x", MM = major version, mm = minor version,
  * PP = patch level, ee = edit level, L = literal suffix "L",
  * with all four numbers specified as two hexadecimal digits.
+ *
+ * When developing a new version, VERSION_COMPATIBILITY should be
+ * commented out so that increments of EDITLEVEL can be used to forcibly
+ * invalidate existing save files whenever incompatible changes are made
+ * to saved data.  [Bones files should be less sensitive (only changes
+ * to individual level files matter; changes to general game state don't)
+ * but the extra complexity to support that is not worth the effort.]
  */
-#define VERSION_COMPATIBILITY 0x03070000L
+/*#define VERSION_COMPATIBILITY 0x03070000L*/
 
 /****************************************************************************/
 /* Version 3.7.x */
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 5edf0e376..1cbbaf4da 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.7	version.c	$NHDT-Date: 1596498224 2020/08/03 23:43:44 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.74 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.7	version.c	$NHDT-Date: 1651297024 2022/04/30 05:37:04 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.88 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Michael Allison, 2018. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -299,8 +299,10 @@ check_version(struct version_info *version_data, const char *filename,
         version_data->incarnation != nomakedefs.version_number
 #endif
         ) {
-        if (complain)
+        if (complain) {
             pline("Version mismatch for file \"%s\".", filename);
+            display_nhwindow(WIN_MESSAGE, TRUE);
+        }
         return FALSE;
     } else if (
 #ifndef IGNORED_FEATURES
@@ -315,8 +317,10 @@ check_version(struct version_info *version_data, const char *filename,
             && version_data->struct_sizes1 != nomakedefs.version_sanity2)
         || ((utdflags & UTD_CHECKSIZES) != 0
             && version_data->struct_sizes2 != nomakedefs.version_sanity3)) {
-        if (complain)
+        if (complain) {
             pline("Configuration incompatibility for file \"%s\".", filename);
+            display_nhwindow(WIN_MESSAGE, TRUE);
+        }
         return FALSE;
     }
     return TRUE;