diff --git a/src/evalvars.c b/src/evalvars.c
index 2acfc429a5..fbbf57829d 100644
--- a/src/evalvars.c
+++ b/src/evalvars.c
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ ex_let_one(
     void
 ex_unlet(exarg_T *eap)
 {
-    ex_unletlock(eap, eap->arg, 0, 0, do_unlet_var, NULL);
+    ex_unletlock(eap, eap->arg, 0, eap->forceit ? GLV_QUIET : 0, do_unlet_var, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_unlet.vim b/src/testdir/test_unlet.vim
index 6be963370a..88a293ec6b 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_unlet.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_unlet.vim
@@ -64,4 +64,16 @@ func Test_unlet_complete()
   call assert_true(!exists('$FOOBAR') || empty($FOOBAR))
 endfunc
 
+func Test_unlet_nonexisting_key()
+  let g:base = {}
+  call assert_fails(':unlet g:base["foobar"]', 'E716:')
+
+  try
+    unlet! g:base["foobar"]
+  catch
+    call assert_report("error when unletting non-existing dict key")
+  endtry
+  unlet g:base
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 99849aa8b0..5065b15ba1 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -729,6 +729,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1913,
 /**/
     1912,
 /**/