diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -3721,7 +3721,7 @@ def locate(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
      _('show changesets within the given named branch'), _('BRANCH')),
     ('P', 'prune', [],
      _('do not display revision or any of its ancestors'), _('REV')),
-    ('', 'hidden', False, _('show hidden changesets')),
+    ('', 'hidden', False, _('show hidden changesets (DEPRECATED)')),
     ] + logopts + walkopts,
     _('[OPTION]... [FILE]'))
 def log(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):