diff --git a/mercurial/bookmarks.py b/mercurial/bookmarks.py
--- a/mercurial/bookmarks.py
+++ b/mercurial/bookmarks.py
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ def updatefromremote(ui, repo, remotemar
     if ui.configbool('ui', 'quietbookmarkmove', False):
         status = warn = ui.debug
 
+    explicit = set(explicit)
     changed = []
     for b, scid, dcid in addsrc:
         if scid in repo: # add remote bookmarks for changes we already have
@@ -366,23 +367,30 @@ def updatefromremote(ui, repo, remotemar
     for b, scid, dcid in advsrc:
         changed.append((b, bin(scid), status,
                         _("updating bookmark %s\n") % (b)))
+    # remove normal movement from explicit set
+    explicit.difference_update(d[0] for d in changed)
+
     for b, scid, dcid in diverge:
-        db = _diverge(ui, b, path, localmarks)
-        changed.append((db, bin(scid), warn,
-                        _("divergent bookmark %s stored as %s\n") % (b, db)))
+        if b in explicit:
+            explicit.discard(b)
+            changed.append((b, bin(scid), status,
+                            _("importing bookmark %s\n") % (b, b)))
+        else:
+            db = _diverge(ui, b, path, localmarks)
+            changed.append((db, bin(scid), warn,
+                            _("divergent bookmark %s stored as %s\n")
+                            % (b, db)))
+    for b, scid, dcid in adddst + advdst:
+        if b in explicit:
+            explicit.discard(b)
+            changed.append((b, bin(scid), status,
+                            _("importing bookmark %s\n") % (b, b)))
+
     if changed:
         for b, node, writer, msg in sorted(changed):
             localmarks[b] = node
             writer(msg)
         localmarks.write()
-    # update specified bookmarks
-    if explicit:
-        marks = repo._bookmarks
-        for b in explicit:
-            # explicit pull overrides local bookmark if any
-            repo.ui.status(_("importing bookmark %s\n") % b)
-            marks[b] = repo[remotemarks[b]].node()
-        marks.write()
 
 def diff(ui, dst, src):
     ui.status(_("searching for changed bookmarks\n"))
diff --git a/tests/test-bookmarks-pushpull.t b/tests/test-bookmarks-pushpull.t
--- a/tests/test-bookmarks-pushpull.t
+++ b/tests/test-bookmarks-pushpull.t
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ import bookmark by name
   $ hg pull -B X ../a
   pulling from ../a
   no changes found
-  importing bookmark X
   $ hg bookmark
      X                         0:4e3505fd9583
    * Y                         0:4e3505fd9583
@@ -373,7 +372,6 @@ hgweb
   adding remote bookmark Z
   adding remote bookmark foo
   adding remote bookmark foobar
-  importing bookmark Z
   $ hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT/ cloned-bookmarks
   requesting all changes
   adding changesets
diff --git a/tests/test-bundle2.t b/tests/test-bundle2.t
--- a/tests/test-bundle2.t
+++ b/tests/test-bundle2.t
@@ -906,7 +906,6 @@ pull over ssh
   added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
   1 new obsolescence markers
   updating bookmark book_02de
-  importing bookmark book_02de
   (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)
   $ hg -R other debugobsolete
   1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 9520eea781bcca16c1e15acc0ba14335a0e8e5ba 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
@@ -928,7 +927,6 @@ pull over http
   added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
   1 new obsolescence markers
   updating bookmark book_42cc
-  importing bookmark book_42cc
   (run 'hg heads .' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)
   $ cat main-error.log
   $ hg -R other debugobsolete
diff --git a/tests/test-hook.t b/tests/test-hook.t
--- a/tests/test-hook.t
+++ b/tests/test-hook.t
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ listkeys hook
   no changes found
   listkeys hook: HG_NAMESPACE=phases HG_VALUES={'cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b': '1', 'publishing': 'True'}
   adding remote bookmark bar
-  importing bookmark bar
   $ cd ../a
 
 test that prepushkey can prevent incoming keys
diff --git a/tests/test-ssh.t b/tests/test-ssh.t
--- a/tests/test-ssh.t
+++ b/tests/test-ssh.t
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ test pushkeys and bookmarks
   pulling from ssh://user@dummy/remote
   no changes found
   updating bookmark foo
-  importing bookmark foo
   $ hg book -d foo
   $ hg push -B foo
   pushing to ssh://user@dummy/remote