diff --git a/sql/mangos.sql b/sql/mangos.sql
index a75345530..6502804bf 100644
--- a/sql/mangos.sql
+++ b/sql/mangos.sql
@@ -2812,7 +2812,6 @@ INSERT INTO `mangos_string` VALUES
 (723,'Your group does not have enough players to join this match.',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
 (724,'The Gold Team wins!',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
 (725,'The Green Team wins!',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
-(726,'There aren\'t enough players in this battleground. It will end soon unless some more players join to balance the fight.',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
 (727,'Your group has an offline member. Please remove him before joining.',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
 (728,'Your group has players from the opposing faction. You can\'t join the battleground as a group.',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
 (729,'Your group has players from different battleground brakets. You can\'t join as group.',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
@@ -2833,6 +2832,8 @@ INSERT INTO `mangos_string` VALUES
 (744,'Modifying played count, arena points etc. for loaded arena teams, sending updated stats to online players...',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
 (745,'Modification done.',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
 (746,'Done flushing Arena points.',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
+(750,'Not enough players. This game will close in %u mins.',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
+(751,'Not enough players. This game will close in %u seconds.',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
 (801,'You do not have enough gold',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
 (802,'You do not have enough free slots',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
 (803,'Your partner does not have enough free bag slots',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),
diff --git a/sql/updates/7388_01_mangos_mangos_string.sql b/sql/updates/7388_01_mangos_mangos_string.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07f60a7fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/updates/7388_01_mangos_mangos_string.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DELETE FROM mangos_string WHERE entry = 726;
+INSERT INTO mangos_string VALUES (750,'Not enough players. This game will close in %u mins.',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);
+INSERT INTO mangos_string VALUES (751,'Not enough players. This game will close in %u seconds.',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);
diff --git a/sql/updates/Makefile.am b/sql/updates/Makefile.am
index 138a68cf7..708e98b8d 100644
--- a/sql/updates/Makefile.am
+++ b/sql/updates/Makefile.am
@@ -362,4 +362,5 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	7369_01_mangos_quest_template.sql \
 	7376_01_mangos_spell_area.sql \
 	7382_01_mangos_creature_template.sql \
+	7388_01_mangos_mangos_string.sql \
 	README
diff --git a/src/game/BattleGround.cpp b/src/game/BattleGround.cpp
index 3cb669f59..6dbeea95e 100644
--- a/src/game/BattleGround.cpp
+++ b/src/game/BattleGround.cpp
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ void BattleGround::Update(uint32 diff)
         {
             m_PrematureCountDown = true;
             m_PrematureCountDownTimer = sBattleGroundMgr.GetPrematureFinishTime();
-            SendMessageToAll(LANG_BATTLEGROUND_PREMATURE_FINISH_WARNING);
         }
         else if(m_PrematureCountDownTimer < diff)
         {
@@ -238,8 +237,17 @@ void BattleGround::Update(uint32 diff)
         {
             uint32 newtime = m_PrematureCountDownTimer - diff;
             // announce every minute
-            if(m_PrematureCountDownTimer != sBattleGroundMgr.GetPrematureFinishTime() && newtime / 60000 != m_PrematureCountDownTimer / 60000)
-                SendMessageToAll(LANG_BATTLEGROUND_PREMATURE_FINISH_WARNING);
+            if( newtime > (MINUTE * IN_MILISECONDS) )
+            {
+                if( newtime / (MINUTE * IN_MILISECONDS) != m_PrematureCountDownTimer / (MINUTE * IN_MILISECONDS) )
+                    PSendMessageToAll(LANG_BATTLEGROUND_PREMATURE_FINISH_WARNING, (uint32)(m_PrematureCountDownTimer / (MINUTE * IN_MILISECONDS)));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                //announce every 15 seconds
+                if( newtime / (15 * IN_MILISECONDS) != m_PrematureCountDownTimer / (15 * IN_MILISECONDS) )
+                    PSendMessageToAll(LANG_BATTLEGROUND_PREMATURE_FINISH_WARNING_SECS, (uint32)(m_PrematureCountDownTimer / IN_MILISECONDS));
+            }
             m_PrematureCountDownTimer = newtime;
         }
     }
@@ -1024,7 +1032,7 @@ void BattleGround::RemoveFromBGFreeSlotQueue()
 // returns the number how many players can join battleground to MaxPlayersPerTeam
 uint32 BattleGround::GetFreeSlotsForTeam(uint32 Team) const
 {
-    //if BG is starting ... invite anyone
+    //return free slot count to MaxPlayerPerTeam
     if (GetStatus() == STATUS_WAIT_JOIN || GetStatus() == STATUS_IN_PROGRESS)
         return (GetInvitedCount(Team) < GetMaxPlayersPerTeam()) ? GetMaxPlayersPerTeam() - GetInvitedCount(Team) : 0;
 
@@ -1372,6 +1380,18 @@ void BattleGround::SendMessageToAll(int32 entry)
     SendPacketToAll(&data);
 }
 
+//copied from void ChatHandler::PSendSysMessage(int32 entry, ...)
+void BattleGround::PSendMessageToAll(int32 entry, ...)
+{
+    const char *format = GetMangosString(entry);
+    va_list ap;
+    char str [2048];
+    va_start(ap, entry);
+    vsnprintf(str,2048,format, ap );
+    va_end(ap);
+    SendMessageToAll(str);
+}
+
 void BattleGround::EndNow()
 {
     RemoveFromBGFreeSlotQueue();
diff --git a/src/game/BattleGround.h b/src/game/BattleGround.h
index 5dd56aa11..779a99221 100644
--- a/src/game/BattleGround.h
+++ b/src/game/BattleGround.h
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ class BattleGround
 
         void SendMessageToAll(char const* text);
         void SendMessageToAll(int32 entry);
+        void PSendMessageToAll(int32 entry, ...  );
 
         /* Raid Group */
         Group *GetBgRaid(uint32 TeamID) const { return TeamID == ALLIANCE ? m_BgRaids[BG_TEAM_ALLIANCE] : m_BgRaids[BG_TEAM_HORDE]; }
diff --git a/src/game/Language.h b/src/game/Language.h
index c0e3bbd32..7a2f5fe85 100644
--- a/src/game/Language.h
+++ b/src/game/Language.h
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ enum MangosStrings
     LANG_ARENA_NOT_ENOUGH_PLAYERS       = 723,              // "Your group does not have enough players to join this match."
     LANG_ARENA_GOLD_WINS                = 724,              // "The Gold Team wins!"
     LANG_ARENA_GREEN_WINS               = 725,              // "The Green Team wins!"
-    LANG_BATTLEGROUND_PREMATURE_FINISH_WARNING = 726,       // The battleground will end soon, because there aren't enough players. Get more ppl or win already!
+//                                      = 726, not used
     LANG_BG_GROUP_OFFLINE_MEMBER        = 727,              // "Your group has an offline member. Please remove him before joining."
     LANG_BG_GROUP_MIXED_FACTION         = 728,              // "Your group has players from the opposing faction. You can't join the battleground as a group."
     LANG_BG_GROUP_MIXED_LEVELS          = 729,              // "Your group has players from different battleground brakets. You can't join as group."
@@ -680,7 +680,12 @@ enum MangosStrings
     LANG_DIST_ARENA_POINTS_TEAM_START   = 744,
     LANG_DIST_ARENA_POINTS_TEAM_END     = 745,
     LANG_DIST_ARENA_POINTS_END          = 746,
-    // Room for batleground/arena strings 747-799 not used
+//                                      = 747, not used
+//                                      = 748, not used
+//                                      = 749, not used
+    LANG_BATTLEGROUND_PREMATURE_FINISH_WARNING = 750,       // "Not enough players. This game will close in %u mins."
+    LANG_BATTLEGROUND_PREMATURE_FINISH_WARNING_SECS = 751,  // "Not enough players. This game will close in %u seconds."
+    // Room for batleground/arena strings 752-799 not used
 
     // in game strings
     //                                  = 800, not used
diff --git a/src/shared/revision_nr.h b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
index 160925670..a7b58d43c 100644
--- a/src/shared/revision_nr.h
+++ b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #ifndef __REVISION_NR_H__
 #define __REVISION_NR_H__
- #define REVISION_NR "7387"
+ #define REVISION_NR "7388"
 #endif // __REVISION_NR_H__