diff --git a/src/LyXRC.cpp b/src/LyXRC.cpp
index 8b7c3b3ec8..7696d0991f 100644
--- a/src/LyXRC.cpp
+++ b/src/LyXRC.cpp
@@ -604,6 +604,8 @@ LyXRC::ReturnValues LyXRC::read(Lexer & lexrc, bool check_format)
 
 		case RC_SCREEN_ZOOM:
 			lexrc >> zoom;
+			if (zoom < 10)
+				zoom = 10;
 			break;
 
 		case RC_GEOMETRY_SESSION:
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index bb75daa1d9..ba207f23d4 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -1988,6 +1988,8 @@ bool GuiView::getStatus(FuncRequest const & cmd, FuncStatus & flag)
 
 	case LFUN_BUFFER_ZOOM_OUT:
 		enable = doc_buffer && lyxrc.zoom > 10;
+		if (lyxrc.zoom <= 10)
+			flag.message(_("Zoom level cannot be less than 10%."));
 		break;
 
 	case LFUN_BUFFER_ZOOM_IN:
@@ -3923,17 +3925,22 @@ void GuiView::dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd, DispatchResult & dr)
 			break;
 
 		case LFUN_BUFFER_ZOOM_IN:
-		case LFUN_BUFFER_ZOOM_OUT:
+		case LFUN_BUFFER_ZOOM_OUT: {
+			// use a signed temp to avoid overflow
+			int zoom = lyxrc.zoom;
 			if (cmd.argument().empty()) {
 				if (cmd.action() == LFUN_BUFFER_ZOOM_IN)
-					lyxrc.zoom += 20;
+					zoom += 20;
 				else
-					lyxrc.zoom -= 20;
+					zoom -= 20;
 			} else
-				lyxrc.zoom += convert<int>(cmd.argument());
+				zoom += convert<int>(cmd.argument());
 
-			if (lyxrc.zoom < 10)
-				lyxrc.zoom = 10;
+			if (zoom < 10)
+				zoom = 10;
+			lyxrc.zoom = zoom;
+
+			dr.setMessage(bformat(_("Zoom level is now %1$d%"), lyxrc.zoom));
 
 			// The global QPixmapCache is used in GuiPainter to cache text
 			// painting so we must reset it.
@@ -3941,6 +3948,7 @@ void GuiView::dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd, DispatchResult & dr)
 			guiApp->fontLoader().update();
 			lyx::dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_SCREEN_FONT_UPDATE));
 			break;
+		}
 
 		case LFUN_VC_REGISTER:
 		case LFUN_VC_RENAME:
diff --git a/status.22x b/status.22x
index 772b504df5..64aedc88c4 100644
--- a/status.22x
+++ b/status.22x
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ What's new
 
 * USER INTERFACE
 
+* When changing zoom level, show current value in status bar (bug
+  10212).
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
 
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ What's new
 
 - Avoid crashing in release mode if we stumble across an unrealized font.
 
-- Fix display of citations with two authors. 
+- Fix display of citations with two authors.
 
 - Fix display of multi-author citations when the GUI language is not English.