diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
@@ -735,10 +735,11 @@ def overridepull(orig, ui, repo, source=
         # will run into a problem later if we try to merge or rebase with one of
         # these heads, so cache the largefiles now directly into the system
         # cache.
-        ui.status(_("caching new largefiles\n"))
         numcached = 0
         heads = lfutil.getcurrentheads(repo)
         newheads = set(heads).difference(set(oldheads))
+        if len(newheads) > 0:
+            ui.status(_("caching largefiles for %s heads\n" % len(newheads)))
         for head in newheads:
             (cached, missing) = lfcommands.cachelfiles(ui, repo, head)
             numcached += len(cached)
diff --git a/tests/test-largefiles.t b/tests/test-largefiles.t
--- a/tests/test-largefiles.t
+++ b/tests/test-largefiles.t
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ downloaded from 'default' instead of 'de
   adding file changes
   added 6 changesets with 16 changes to 8 files
   (run 'hg update' to get a working copy)
-  caching new largefiles
+  caching largefiles for 1 heads
   3 largefiles cached
   3 additional largefiles cached
   $ cd ..
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ The error messages go away if repo 'b' i
   adding file changes
   added 1 changesets with 2 changes to 2 files (+1 heads)
   (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)
-  caching new largefiles
+  caching largefiles for 1 heads
   0 largefiles cached
   $ hg rebase
   Invoking status precommit hook
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ correctly.
   adding file changes
   added 2 changesets with 4 changes to 4 files (+1 heads)
   (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)
-  caching new largefiles
+  caching largefiles for 1 heads
   2 largefiles cached
   $ hg merge
   merging sub/large4