diff --git a/doc/fixes36.2 b/doc/fixes36.2
index a3e09411a..b9d04e360 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.2
+++ b/doc/fixes36.2
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ in Guidebook.mn and Guidebook.txt, the 'I' command mis-described `IX' as
 	displaying inventory items whose bless/curse state is "known"
 	(Guidebook.tex correctly had "unknown")
 poison gas (stinking cloud) wasn't shown at drawbridge-up spot
+prayer result which enhanced strength (fix weakness from hunger) didn't give
+	a message if a change in encumbrance occurred; it came on next move
 
 
 Fixes to Post-3.6.1 Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/eat.c b/src/eat.c
index 3e74d435f..40c7a4399 100644
--- a/src/eat.c
+++ b/src/eat.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	eat.c	$NHDT-Date: 1502754159 2017/08/14 23:42:39 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.179 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	eat.c	$NHDT-Date: 1540596900 2018/10/26 23:35:00 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.193 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2012. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -110,14 +110,18 @@ register struct obj *obj;
     return (boolean) (obj->oclass == FOOD_CLASS);
 }
 
+/* used for hero init, life saving (if choking), and prayer results of fix
+   starving, fix weak from hunger, or golden glow boon (if u.uhunger < 900) */
 void
 init_uhunger()
 {
     context.botl = (u.uhs != NOT_HUNGRY || ATEMP(A_STR) < 0);
     u.uhunger = 900;
     u.uhs = NOT_HUNGRY;
-    if (ATEMP(A_STR) < 0)
+    if (ATEMP(A_STR) < 0) {
         ATEMP(A_STR) = 0;
+        (void) encumber_msg();
+    }
 }
 
 /* tin types [SPINACH_TIN = -1, overrides corpsenm, nut==600] */
diff --git a/src/pray.c b/src/pray.c
index 015f9633b..7ad09455a 100644
--- a/src/pray.c
+++ b/src/pray.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	pray.c	$NHDT-Date: 1539804904 2018/10/17 19:35:04 $  $NHDT-Branch: keni-makedefsm $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.103 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	pray.c	$NHDT-Date: 1540596912 2018/10/26 23:35:12 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.104 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Benson I. Margulies, Mike Stephenson, Steve Linhart, 1989. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -1074,7 +1074,11 @@ aligntyp g_align;
             u.uhp = u.uhpmax;
             if (Upolyd)
                 u.mh = u.mhmax;
-            ABASE(A_STR) = AMAX(A_STR);
+            if (ABASE(A_STR) < AMAX(A_STR)) {
+                ABASE(A_STR) = AMAX(A_STR);
+                context.botl = 1; /* before potential message */
+                (void) encumber_msg();
+            }
             if (u.uhunger < 900)
                 init_uhunger();
             /* luck couldn't have been negative at start of prayer because