diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -5889,6 +5889,7 @@ def update(ui, repo, node=None, rev=None
ui.status(_("updating bookmark %s\n") % repo._bookmarkcurrent)
elif brev in repo._bookmarks:
bookmarks.setcurrent(repo, brev)
+ ui.status(_("(activating bookmark %s)\n") % brev)
elif brev:
if repo._bookmarkcurrent:
ui.status(_("(leaving bookmark %s)\n") %
diff --git a/tests/test-bookmarks-current.t b/tests/test-bookmarks-current.t
--- a/tests/test-bookmarks-current.t
+++ b/tests/test-bookmarks-current.t
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ update to bookmark X
$ hg update X
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ (activating bookmark X)
list bookmarks
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ list bookmarks
Verify that switching to Z updates the current bookmark:
$ hg update Z
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ (activating bookmark Z)
$ hg bookmark
Y 0:719295282060
* Z -1:000000000000
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ Verify that switching to Z updates the c
Switch back to Y for the remaining tests in this file:
$ hg update Y
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ (activating bookmark Y)
delete bookmarks
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ bare update moves the active bookmark fo
$ hg bookmark X@2 -r 2
$ hg update X
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ (activating bookmark X)
$ hg bookmarks
* X 0:719295282060
X@1 1:cc586d725fbe
diff --git a/tests/test-bookmarks-merge.t b/tests/test-bookmarks-merge.t
--- a/tests/test-bookmarks-merge.t
+++ b/tests/test-bookmarks-merge.t
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
$ hg up -C e
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ (activating bookmark e)
$ hg merge
abort: no matching bookmark to merge - please merge with an explicit rev or bookmark
(run 'hg heads' to see all heads)
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@
$ hg up -C e
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ (activating bookmark e)
$ hg bookmarks
b 1:d2ae7f538514
c 3:b8f96cf4688b
diff --git a/tests/test-bookmarks.t b/tests/test-bookmarks.t
--- a/tests/test-bookmarks.t
+++ b/tests/test-bookmarks.t
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ bookmark rev 0 again
$ hg update X
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ (activating bookmark X)
$ echo c > c
$ hg add c
$ hg commit -m 2
@@ -501,6 +502,7 @@ update to current bookmark if it's not t
$ hg update
updating to active bookmark Z
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ (activating bookmark Z)
$ hg bookmarks
X2 1:925d80f479bb
Y 2:db815d6d32e6
@@ -513,6 +515,7 @@ pull --update works the same as pull &&
moving bookmark 'Y' forward from db815d6d32e6
$ hg -R cloned-bookmarks-update update Y
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ (activating bookmark Y)
$ hg -R cloned-bookmarks-update pull --update .
pulling from .
searching for changes
diff --git a/tests/test-strip.t b/tests/test-strip.t
--- a/tests/test-strip.t
+++ b/tests/test-strip.t
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ test hg strip -B bookmark
$ hg bookmark -r 'c' 'delete'
$ hg up -C todelete
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ (activating bookmark todelete)
$ hg strip -B nostrip
bookmark 'nostrip' deleted
abort: empty revision set
diff --git a/tests/test-subrepo-svn.t b/tests/test-subrepo-svn.t
--- a/tests/test-subrepo-svn.t
+++ b/tests/test-subrepo-svn.t
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ same subrepo should work if the subrepo
A *obstruct/other (glob)
Checked out revision 1.
2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ (activating bookmark other)
This is surprising, but is also correct based on the current code:
$ echo "updating should (maybe) fail" > obstruct/other