diff --git a/extensions/wikidata/module/langs/translation-en.json b/extensions/wikidata/module/langs/translation-en.json
index 880011cd1..d8882f207 100644
--- a/extensions/wikidata/module/langs/translation-en.json
+++ b/extensions/wikidata/module/langs/translation-en.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
                 "save-button": "Save",
                 "close-button": "Close"
         },
+        "wikidata-preview": {
+                "new-id": "new item"
+        },
         "warnings-messages": {
                 "new-item-created": {
                         "title": "This batch will create new Wikidata items.",
@@ -35,8 +38,8 @@
                         "body": "You should provide an \"instance of\" (P31) or \"subclass of\" (P279) statement for each item that you create."
                 },
                 "add-statements-with-invalid-format": {
-                        "title": "Text statements with invalid format.",
-                        "body": "Please consult the documentation of the properties to find out the correct format for their values."
+                        "title": "{property_entity} statements with invalid format.",
+                        "body": "Values for this property are expected to match the regular expression <span class=\"wb-issue-preformat\">{regex}</span>, which is not the case for <span class=\"wb-issue-preformat\">{example_value}</span> added on {example_item_entity}."
                 },
                 "remove-statements-with-invalid-format": {
                         "title": "Removed statements with invalid format.",
diff --git a/extensions/wikidata/module/scripts/dialogs/schema-alignment-dialog.js b/extensions/wikidata/module/scripts/dialogs/schema-alignment-dialog.js
index 2e28a89e7..954dee927 100644
--- a/extensions/wikidata/module/scripts/dialogs/schema-alignment-dialog.js
+++ b/extensions/wikidata/module/scripts/dialogs/schema-alignment-dialog.js
@@ -862,13 +862,50 @@ SchemaAlignmentDialog.preview = function(initial) {
  * WARNINGS RENDERING *
  *************************/
 
+// renders a Wikibase entity into a link
+SchemaAlignmentDialog._renderEntity = function(entity) {
+  var id = entity.id;
+  var is_new = id == "Q0";
+  if (is_new) {
+     id = $.i18n._('wikidata-preview')['new-id'];
+  }
+  var fullLabel = id;
+  if (entity.label) {
+      fullLabel = entity.label + ' (' + id + ')';
+  }
+
+  if (is_new) {
+     return '<span class="wb-preview-new-entity">'+fullLabel+'</span>';
+  } else {
+     return '<a href="'+entity.iri+'" class="wb-preview-entity" target="_blank">'+fullLabel+'</a>';
+  }
+}
+
+// replaces the issue properties in localization template
+SchemaAlignmentDialog._replaceIssueProperties = function(template, properties) {
+  if (!properties) {
+    return template;
+  }
+  var expanded = template;
+  for (var key in properties) {
+    if (properties.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+       var rendered = properties[key];
+       if (key.endsWith('_entity')) {
+          rendered = SchemaAlignmentDialog._renderEntity(properties[key]);
+       }
+       expanded = expanded.replace('{'+key+'}', rendered);
+    }
+  }
+  return expanded;
+}     
+
 SchemaAlignmentDialog._renderWarning = function(warning) {
   var localized = $.i18n._('warnings-messages')[warning.type];
   var title = warning.type;
   var body = "";
   if (localized) {
-      title = localized.title;
-      body = localized.body;
+      title = SchemaAlignmentDialog._replaceIssueProperties(localized.title, warning.properties);
+      body = SchemaAlignmentDialog._replaceIssueProperties(localized.body, warning.properties);
   }
   var tr = $('<tr></tr>').addClass('wb-warning');
   var severityTd = $('<td></td>')
@@ -879,10 +916,10 @@ SchemaAlignmentDialog._renderWarning = function(warning) {
        .addClass('wb-warning-body')
        .appendTo(tr);
   var h1 = $('<h1></h1>')
-        .text(title)
+        .html(title)
         .appendTo(bodyTd);
   var p = $('<p></p>')
-        .text(body)
+        .html(body)
         .appendTo(bodyTd);
   var countTd = $('<td></td>')
        .addClass('wb-warning-count')
diff --git a/extensions/wikidata/module/styles/dialogs/schema-alignment-dialog.less b/extensions/wikidata/module/styles/dialogs/schema-alignment-dialog.less
index 2d2469713..226499a72 100644
--- a/extensions/wikidata/module/styles/dialogs/schema-alignment-dialog.less
+++ b/extensions/wikidata/module/styles/dialogs/schema-alignment-dialog.less
@@ -282,6 +282,18 @@ div.schema-alignment-dialog-warnings {
   overflow-y: scroll;
 }
 
+.wb-issue-preformat {
+  border: 1px solid #eaecf0;
+  background-color: #f8f9fa;
+  padding: 1px 3px;
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  font-family: monospace;
+}
+
+.wb-preview-new-entity {
+   color: #11c;
+}
+
 /*** QuickStatements Preview ***/
 
 div.schema-alignment-dialog-preview {
diff --git a/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/qa/scrutinizers/FormatConstraintScrutinizer.java b/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/qa/scrutinizers/FormatConstraintScrutinizer.java
index 61e81787a..f8e78bce1 100644
--- a/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/qa/scrutinizers/FormatConstraintScrutinizer.java
+++ b/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/qa/scrutinizers/FormatConstraintScrutinizer.java
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package org.openrefine.wikidata.qa.scrutinizers;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.openrefine.wikidata.qa.QAWarning;
 import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.EntityIdValue;
 import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.PropertyIdValue;
 import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.Snak;
@@ -53,7 +55,16 @@ public class FormatConstraintScrutinizer extends SnakScrutinizer {
             Pattern pattern = getPattern(pid);
             if (!pattern.matcher(value).matches()) {
                 if (added) {
-                    important("add-statements-with-invalid-format");
+                    QAWarning issue = new QAWarning(
+                            "add-statements-with-invalid-format",
+                            pid.getId(),
+                            QAWarning.Severity.IMPORTANT,
+                            1);
+                    issue.setProperty("property_entity", pid);
+                    issue.setProperty("regex", pattern.toString());
+                    issue.setProperty("example_value", value);
+                    issue.setProperty("example_item_entity", entityId);
+                    addIssue(issue);
                 } else {
                     info("remove-statements-with-invalid-format");
                 }
diff --git a/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/schema/WbItemConstant.java b/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/schema/WbItemConstant.java
index 34d8a58d2..abcbed58b 100644
--- a/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/schema/WbItemConstant.java
+++ b/extensions/wikidata/src/org/openrefine/wikidata/schema/WbItemConstant.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.openrefine.wikidata.schema;
 
+import org.openrefine.wikidata.schema.entityvalues.TermedItemIdValue;
 import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.implementation.ItemIdValueImpl;
 import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.ItemIdValue;
 
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ public class WbItemConstant extends WbItemExpr {
 
     @Override
     public ItemIdValue evaluate(ExpressionContext ctxt) {
-        return ItemIdValueImpl.create(qid, ctxt.getBaseIRI());
+        return new TermedItemIdValue(
+                qid,
+                ctxt.getBaseIRI(),
+                label);
     }
 
     public String getQid() {