diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def bailifchanged(repo):
         raise util.Abort(_('outstanding uncommitted merge'))
     modified, added, removed, deleted = repo.status()[:4]
     if modified or added or removed or deleted:
-        raise util.Abort(_("outstanding uncommitted changes"))
+        raise util.Abort(_('uncommitted changes'))
     ctx = repo[None]
     for s in sorted(ctx.substate):
         if ctx.sub(s).dirty():
diff --git a/tests/test-graft.t b/tests/test-graft.t
--- a/tests/test-graft.t
+++ b/tests/test-graft.t
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Can't graft with dirty wd:
   $ hg up -q 0
   $ echo foo > a
   $ hg graft 1
-  abort: outstanding uncommitted changes
+  abort: uncommitted changes
   [255]
   $ hg revert a