diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index d0c494452..254d0be6f 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 - Fixed internal access on module option attribute OPTS_TYPE_SUGGEST_KG with the result that it was unused
 - Fixed race condition resulting in out of memory error on startup if multiple hashcat instances are started at the same time
 - Fixed unexpected non-unique salts in multi-hash cracking in Bitcoin/Litecoin wallet.dat module which lead to false negatives
+- Fixed rare case of misalignment of the status prompt when other user warnings are shown within the hashcat output
 
 ##
 ## Improvements
diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index 894eb8746..63b040040 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "event.h"
 #include "dynloader.h"
 #include "backend.h"
+#include "terminal.h"
 
 #if defined (__linux__)
 static const char *dri_card0_path = "/dev/dri/card0";
@@ -6890,6 +6891,8 @@ void backend_ctx_devices_update_power (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
     {
       if (user_options->quiet == false)
       {
+        clear_prompt (hashcat_ctx);
+
         event_log_advice (hashcat_ctx, "The wordlist or mask that you are using is too small.");
         event_log_advice (hashcat_ctx, "This means that hashcat cannot use the full parallel power of your device(s).");
         event_log_advice (hashcat_ctx, "Unless you supply more work, your cracking speed will drop.");
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 48cf59e27..83300493d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ static void main_cracker_starting (MAYBE_UNUSED hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, MAYB
     {
       event_log_info_nn (hashcat_ctx, NULL);
 
+      clear_prompt (hashcat_ctx);
+
       send_prompt (hashcat_ctx);
     }
   }