diff --git a/mercurial/subrepo.py b/mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ class hgsubrepo(object):
             self._repo.lookup(revision)
         except error.RepoError:
             self._repo._subsource = source
-            self._repo.ui.status(_('pulling subrepo %s\n') % self._path)
             srcurl = _abssource(self._repo)
+            self._repo.ui.status(_('pulling subrepo %s from %s\n') % (self._path, srcurl))
             other = hg.repository(self._repo.ui, srcurl)
             self._repo.pull(other)
 
diff --git a/tests/test-subrepo b/tests/test-subrepo
--- a/tests/test-subrepo
+++ b/tests/test-subrepo
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ cat t/t
 
 echo % clone
 cd ..
-hg clone t tc
+hg clone t tc | sed 's|from .*/sub|from .../sub|g'
 cd tc
 hg debugsub
 
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ hg ci -m13
 echo % pull
 cd ../tc
 hg pull | sed 's/ .*sub/ ...sub/g'
-hg up # should pull t
+# should pull t
+hg up | sed 's|from .*/sub|from .../sub|g'
 cat t/t
 
 echo % bogus subrepo path aborts
diff --git a/tests/test-subrepo.out b/tests/test-subrepo.out
--- a/tests/test-subrepo.out
+++ b/tests/test-subrepo.out
@@ -108,19 +108,19 @@ t3
 >>>>>>> other
 % clone
 updating to branch default
-pulling subrepo s
+pulling subrepo s from .../sub/t/s
 requesting all changes
 adding changesets
 adding manifests
 adding file changes
 added 4 changesets with 5 changes to 3 files
-pulling subrepo ss
+pulling subrepo ss from .../sub/t/s/ss
 requesting all changes
 adding changesets
 adding manifests
 adding file changes
 added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
-pulling subrepo t
+pulling subrepo t from .../sub/t/t
 requesting all changes
 adding changesets
 adding manifests
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ adding manifests
 adding file changes
 added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
 (run 'hg update' to get a working copy)
-pulling subrepo t
+pulling subrepo t from .../sub/t/t
 searching for changes
 adding changesets
 adding manifests