The present disclosure discloses a message display method and apparatus. The method comprises: receiving unlock information and authenticating the unlock information; and selecting one message from at least one received messages and displaying content of a selected message if it is determined that authentication of the unlock information is passed. That is, in the technical solution as described in the embodiments of the present disclosure, if it is determined that authentication of the unlock information is passed, then one message would be selected directly and its content is displayed, so that flows of displaying the message are simplified and steps of manual operation are reduced, which enables that the message display method as described in the embodiment of the present disclosure become more user-friendly and user experience would be better.