diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -2408,7 +2408,6 @@ def revert(ui, repo, ctx, parents, *pats
             dsadded    = set(changes[1])
             dsremoved  = set(changes[2])
             dsadded |= _deletedadded
-            dsmodified |= _deletedmodified
 
             # only take into account for removes between wc and target
             clean |= dsremoved - removed
@@ -2416,6 +2415,11 @@ def revert(ui, repo, ctx, parents, *pats
             # distinct between dirstate remove and other
             removed -= dsremoved
 
+            # tell newly modified apart.
+            dsmodified &= modified
+            dsmodified |= modified & dsadded # dirstate added may needs backup
+            modified -= dsmodified
+
         # if f is a rename, update `names` to also revert the source
         cwd = repo.getcwd()
         for f in dsadded:
@@ -2448,6 +2452,7 @@ def revert(ui, repo, ctx, parents, *pats
             #   file state
             #   action
             #   make backup
+            (modified,         (actions['revert'],   False)),
             (dsmodified,       (actions['revert'],   True)),
             (missingmodified,  (actions['remove'],   True)),
             (dsadded,          (actions['revert'],   True)),
diff --git a/tests/test-largefiles.t b/tests/test-largefiles.t
--- a/tests/test-largefiles.t
+++ b/tests/test-largefiles.t
@@ -1496,7 +1496,6 @@ revert some files to an older revision
   $ cat sub2/large6
   large6
   $ hg revert --no-backup -C -r '.^' sub2
-  reverting .hglf/sub2/large6 (glob)
   $ hg revert --no-backup sub2
   reverting .hglf/sub2/large6 (glob)
   $ hg status
diff --git a/tests/test-revert.t b/tests/test-revert.t
--- a/tests/test-revert.t
+++ b/tests/test-revert.t
@@ -912,7 +912,6 @@ Misbehavior:
 
 - report "reverting" when file needs no changes
 |
-| - reverting modified_revert
 | - reverting removed_revert
 
   $ hg revert --all --rev 'desc(base)'
@@ -930,7 +929,6 @@ Misbehavior:
   reverting modified_clean
   reverting modified_deleted
   undeleting modified_removed
-  reverting modified_revert
   undeleting modified_untracked-clean
   undeleting modified_untracked-revert
   undeleting modified_untracked-wc
@@ -1104,7 +1102,6 @@ Misbehavior:
 
 - fails to report no change to revert for
 |
-| - modified_revert
 | - removed_revert
 
   $ for file in `python ../gen-revert-cases.py filelist`; do
@@ -1180,6 +1177,7 @@ Misbehavior:
   ### revert for: modified_removed
   
   ### revert for: modified_revert
+  no changes needed to modified_revert
   
   ### revert for: modified_untracked-clean