diff --git a/mercurial/context.py b/mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py
+++ b/mercurial/context.py
@@ -497,8 +497,10 @@ class changectx(basectx):
                     changeid = hex(changeid)
             except TypeError:
                 pass
-        except (error.FilteredIndexError, error.FilteredLookupError,
-                error.FilteredRepoLookupError):
+        except (error.FilteredIndexError, error.FilteredLookupError):
+            raise error.FilteredRepoLookupError(_("filtered revision '%s'")
+                                                % changeid)
+        except error.FilteredRepoLookupError:
             raise
         except IndexError:
             pass
diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -850,8 +850,7 @@ class localrepository(object):
         try:
             self[changeid]
             return True
-        except (error.RepoLookupError, error.FilteredIndexError,
-                error.FilteredLookupError):
+        except error.RepoLookupError:
             return False
 
     def __nonzero__(self):