diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -2404,7 +2404,7 @@ def files(ui, ctx, m, fm, fmt, subrepos)
 
     return ret
 
-def remove(ui, repo, m, prefix, after, force, subrepos):
+def remove(ui, repo, m, prefix, after, force, subrepos, warnings=None):
     join = lambda f: os.path.join(prefix, f)
     ret = 0
     s = repo.status(match=m, clean=True)
@@ -2412,6 +2412,12 @@ def remove(ui, repo, m, prefix, after, f
 
     wctx = repo[None]
 
+    if warnings is None:
+        warnings = []
+        warn = True
+    else:
+        warn = False
+
     for subpath in sorted(wctx.substate):
         def matchessubrepo(matcher, subpath):
             if matcher.exact(subpath):
@@ -2425,10 +2431,11 @@ def remove(ui, repo, m, prefix, after, f
             sub = wctx.sub(subpath)
             try:
                 submatch = matchmod.subdirmatcher(subpath, m)
-                if sub.removefiles(submatch, prefix, after, force, subrepos):
+                if sub.removefiles(submatch, prefix, after, force, subrepos,
+                                   warnings):
                     ret = 1
             except error.LookupError:
-                ui.status(_("skipping missing subrepository: %s\n")
+                warnings.append(_("skipping missing subrepository: %s\n")
                                % join(subpath))
 
     # warn about failure to delete explicit files/dirs
@@ -2446,10 +2453,10 @@ def remove(ui, repo, m, prefix, after, f
 
         if repo.wvfs.exists(f):
             if repo.wvfs.isdir(f):
-                ui.warn(_('not removing %s: no tracked files\n')
+                warnings.append(_('not removing %s: no tracked files\n')
                         % m.rel(f))
             else:
-                ui.warn(_('not removing %s: file is untracked\n')
+                warnings.append(_('not removing %s: file is untracked\n')
                         % m.rel(f))
         # missing files will generate a warning elsewhere
         ret = 1
@@ -2459,16 +2466,16 @@ def remove(ui, repo, m, prefix, after, f
     elif after:
         list = deleted
         for f in modified + added + clean:
-            ui.warn(_('not removing %s: file still exists\n') % m.rel(f))
+            warnings.append(_('not removing %s: file still exists\n') % m.rel(f))
             ret = 1
     else:
         list = deleted + clean
         for f in modified:
-            ui.warn(_('not removing %s: file is modified (use -f'
+            warnings.append(_('not removing %s: file is modified (use -f'
                       ' to force removal)\n') % m.rel(f))
             ret = 1
         for f in added:
-            ui.warn(_('not removing %s: file has been marked for add'
+            warnings.append(_('not removing %s: file has been marked for add'
                       ' (use forget to undo)\n') % m.rel(f))
             ret = 1
 
@@ -2484,6 +2491,10 @@ def remove(ui, repo, m, prefix, after, f
                 util.unlinkpath(repo.wjoin(f), ignoremissing=True)
         repo[None].forget(list)
 
+    if warn:
+        for warning in warnings:
+            ui.warn(warning)
+
     return ret
 
 def cat(ui, repo, ctx, matcher, prefix, **opts):
diff --git a/mercurial/subrepo.py b/mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py
@@ -575,11 +575,13 @@ class abstractsubrepo(object):
     def forget(self, match, prefix):
         return ([], [])
 
-    def removefiles(self, matcher, prefix, after, force, subrepos):
+    def removefiles(self, matcher, prefix, after, force, subrepos, warnings):
         """remove the matched files from the subrepository and the filesystem,
         possibly by force and/or after the file has been removed from the
         filesystem.  Return 0 on success, 1 on any warning.
         """
+        warnings.append(_("warning: removefiles not implemented (%s)")
+                        % self._path)
         return 1
 
     def revert(self, substate, *pats, **opts):
@@ -991,7 +993,7 @@ class hgsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
                               self.wvfs.reljoin(prefix, self._path), True)
 
     @annotatesubrepoerror
-    def removefiles(self, matcher, prefix, after, force, subrepos):
+    def removefiles(self, matcher, prefix, after, force, subrepos, warnings):
         return cmdutil.remove(self.ui, self._repo, matcher,
                               self.wvfs.reljoin(prefix, self._path),
                               after, force, subrepos)
diff --git a/tests/test-remove.t b/tests/test-remove.t
--- a/tests/test-remove.t
+++ b/tests/test-remove.t
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ dir, options -A
 
   $ rm test/bar
   $ remove -A test
+  removing test/bar (glob)
   not removing test/foo: file still exists (glob)
-  removing test/bar (glob)
   exit code: 1
   R test/bar
   ./foo