--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Fri Oct 26 14:37:03 2012 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Fri Oct 26 14:53:31 2012 +0200
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@
                 destrepo.ui.status(_("updating to branch %s\n") % bn)
                 _update(destrepo, uprev)
                 if update in destrepo._bookmarks:
+                    destrepo.ui.status(_("active bookmark: %s\n") % update)
                     bookmarks.setcurrent(destrepo, update)
 
         return srcpeer, destpeer