diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -5174,7 +5174,7 @@ def status(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
         msg = _('cannot specify --rev and --change at the same time')
         raise util.Abort(msg)
     elif change:
-        node2 = repo.lookup(change)
+        node2 = scmutil.revsingle(repo, change, None).node()
         node1 = repo[node2].p1().node()
     else:
         node1, node2 = scmutil.revpair(repo, revs)
diff --git a/tests/test-status.t b/tests/test-status.t
--- a/tests/test-status.t
+++ b/tests/test-status.t
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ hg status -C --change 1 added modified c
     modified
   R removed
 
-hg status -A --change 1:
+hg status -A --change 1 and revset:
 
-  $ hg status -A --change 1
+  $ hg status -A --change '1|1'
   M modified
   A added
   A copied