diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -804,7 +804,8 @@ def docopy(ui, repo, pats, opts):
 
     def okaytocopy(abs, rel, exact):
         reasons = {'?': _('is not managed'),
-                   'a': _('has been marked for add')}
+                   'a': _('has been marked for add'),
+                   'r': _('has been marked for remove')}
         reason = reasons.get(repo.dirstate.state(abs))
         if reason:
             if exact:
diff --git a/tests/test-rename b/tests/test-rename
--- a/tests/test-rename
+++ b/tests/test-rename
@@ -152,3 +152,9 @@ echo "# move the parent tree with \"hg r
 (cd d1/d11; hg rename .. ../../d3)
 hg status
 hg update -C
+
+echo "# skip removed files"
+hg remove d1/b
+hg rename d1 d3
+hg status
+hg update -C
diff --git a/tests/test-rename.out b/tests/test-rename.out
--- a/tests/test-rename.out
+++ b/tests/test-rename.out
@@ -232,3 +232,17 @@ R d1/a
 R d1/b
 R d1/ba
 R d1/d11/a1
+# skip removed files
+copying d1/a to d3/a
+copying d1/ba to d3/ba
+copying d1/d11/a1 to d3/d11/a1
+removing d1/a
+removing d1/ba
+removing d1/d11/a1
+A d3/a
+A d3/ba
+A d3/d11/a1
+R d1/a
+R d1/b
+R d1/ba
+R d1/d11/a1