diff --git a/mercurial/subrepo.py b/mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py
@@ -759,8 +759,10 @@ class gitsubrepo(abstractsubrepo):
 
     def _fetch(self, source, revision):
         if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self._abspath, '.git')):
-            self._ui.status(_('cloning subrepo %s\n') % self._relpath)
-            self._gitnodir(['clone', self._abssource(source), self._abspath])
+            source = self._abssource(source)
+            self._ui.status(_('cloning subrepo %s from %s\n') %
+                            (self._relpath, source))
+            self._gitnodir(['clone', source, self._abspath])
         if self._githavelocally(revision):
             return
         self._ui.status(_('pulling subrepo %s\n') % self._relpath)
diff --git a/tests/test-subrepo-git.t b/tests/test-subrepo-git.t
--- a/tests/test-subrepo-git.t
+++ b/tests/test-subrepo-git.t
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ clone root
   $ cd t
   $ hg clone . ../tc
   updating to branch default
-  cloning subrepo s
+  cloning subrepo s from $TESTTMP/gitroot
   3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
   $ cd ../tc
   $ hg debugsub
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ clone root, make local change
   $ cd ../t
   $ hg clone . ../ta
   updating to branch default
-  cloning subrepo s
+  cloning subrepo s from $TESTTMP/gitroot
   3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
 
   $ cd ../ta
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ clone root separately, make different lo
   $ cd ../t
   $ hg clone . ../tb
   updating to branch default
-  cloning subrepo s
+  cloning subrepo s from $TESTTMP/gitroot
   3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
 
   $ cd ../tb/s
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ make and push changes to hg without upda
   $ cd ../t
   $ hg clone . ../td
   updating to branch default
-  cloning subrepo s
+  cloning subrepo s from $TESTTMP/gitroot
   checking out detached HEAD in subrepo s
   check out a git branch if you intend to make changes
   3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ create nested repo
 
   $ hg clone ../t inner
   updating to branch default
-  cloning subrepo s
+  cloning subrepo s from $TESTTMP/gitroot
   3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
   $ echo inner = inner > .hgsub
   $ hg add .hgsub
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ relative source expansion
   $ mkdir d
   $ hg clone t d/t
   updating to branch default
-  cloning subrepo s
+  cloning subrepo s from $TESTTMP/gitroot
   3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
 
 Check hg update --clean