diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -2246,10 +2246,14 @@ def revert(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
                 removed[src] = None
                 names[src] = (repo.pathto(src, cwd), True)
 
+        def removeforget(abs):
+            if repo.dirstate[abs] == 'a':
+                return _('forgetting %s\n')
+            return _('removing %s\n')
+
         revert = ([], _('reverting %s\n'))
         add = ([], _('adding %s\n'))
-        remove = ([], _('removing %s\n'))
-        forget = ([], _('forgetting %s\n'))
+        remove = ([], removeforget)
         undelete = ([], _('undeleting %s\n'))
 
         disptable = (
@@ -2260,7 +2264,7 @@ def revert(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
             #   make backup if in target manifest
             #   make backup if not in target manifest
             (modified, revert, remove, True, True),
-            (added, revert, forget, True, False),
+            (added, revert, remove, True, False),
             (removed, undelete, None, False, False),
             (deleted, revert, remove, False, False),
             )
@@ -2280,7 +2284,10 @@ def revert(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
                     if not opts.get('dry_run'):
                         util.copyfile(target, bakname)
                 if ui.verbose or not exact:
-                    ui.status(xlist[1] % rel)
+                    msg = xlist[1]
+                    if not isinstance(msg, basestring):
+                        msg = msg(abs)
+                    ui.status(msg % rel)
             for table, hitlist, misslist, backuphit, backupmiss in disptable:
                 if abs not in table: continue
                 # file has changed in dirstate
@@ -2319,8 +2326,17 @@ def revert(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
                 fc = ctx[f]
                 repo.wwrite(f, fc.data(), fc.fileflags())
 
-            for f in forget[0]:
-                repo.dirstate.forget(f)
+            audit_path = util.path_auditor(repo.root)
+            for f in remove[0]:
+                if repo.dirstate[f] == 'a':
+                    repo.dirstate.forget(f)
+                    continue
+                audit_path(f)
+                try:
+                    util.unlink(repo.wjoin(f))
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
+                repo.dirstate.remove(f)
 
             for f in revert[0]:
                 checkout(f)
@@ -2336,14 +2352,6 @@ def revert(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
                 checkout(f)
                 normal(f)
 
-            audit_path = util.path_auditor(repo.root)
-            for f in remove[0]:
-                audit_path(f)
-                try:
-                    util.unlink(repo.wjoin(f))
-                except OSError:
-                    pass
-                repo.dirstate.remove(f)
     finally:
         del wlock
 
diff --git a/tests/test-revert b/tests/test-revert
--- a/tests/test-revert
+++ b/tests/test-revert
@@ -28,7 +28,16 @@ hg status
 hg revert --no-backup c
 echo %% should show unknown: b
 hg status
-echo %% should show a b c e
+hg add b
+echo %% should show b added
+hg status b
+rm b
+echo %% should show b added
+hg status b
+hg revert -v b
+echo %% should not find b
+hg status b
+echo %% should show a c e
 ls
 echo %% should verbosely save backup to e.orig
 echo z > e
diff --git a/tests/test-revert.out b/tests/test-revert.out
--- a/tests/test-revert.out
+++ b/tests/test-revert.out
@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ M c
 ? b
 %% should show unknown: b
 ? b
-%% should show a b c e
+%% should show b added
+A b
+%% should show b added
+A b
+forgetting b
+%% should not find b
+b: No such file or directory
+%% should show a c e
 a
-b
 c
 e
 %% should verbosely save backup to e.orig
@@ -33,7 +39,6 @@ file not managed: q
 %% should say file not found
 notfound: No such file in rev 095eacd0c0d7
 A z
-? b
 ? e.orig
 %% should add a, remove d, forget z
 adding a