diff --git a/hgext/chainsaw.py b/hgext/chainsaw.py
--- a/hgext/chainsaw.py
+++ b/hgext/chainsaw.py
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ def update(ui, repo, **opts):
         raise error.InputError(_(b'specify a target revision with --rev'))
     if not source:
         raise error.InputError(_(b'specify a pull path with --source'))
-    ui.status(_(b'breaking locks, if any\n'))
-    repo.svfs.tryunlink(b'lock')
-    repo.vfs.tryunlink(b'wlock')
+    if repo.svfs.tryunlink(b'lock'):
+        ui.status(_(b'had to break store lock\n'))
+    if repo.vfs.tryunlink(b'wlock'):
+        ui.status(_(b'had to break working copy lock\n'))
 
     ui.status(_(b'recovering after interrupted transaction, if any\n'))
     repo.recover()
diff --git a/tests/test-chainsaw-update.t b/tests/test-chainsaw-update.t
--- a/tests/test-chainsaw-update.t
+++ b/tests/test-chainsaw-update.t
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Simple invocation
   $ hg init repo
   $ cd repo
   $ hg admin::chainsaw-update --rev default --source ../src
-  breaking locks, if any
   recovering after interrupted transaction, if any
   no interrupted transaction available
   pulling from ../src
@@ -51,8 +50,15 @@ from the current hostname (happens a lot
   wlock: (.*?), process 171814, host invalid.host.test/effffffc \((\d+)s\) (re)
   [2]
 
-  $ hg admin::chainsaw-update --no-purge-ignored --rev default --source ../src -q
+  $ hg admin::chainsaw-update --no-purge-ignored --rev default --source ../src
+  had to break store lock
+  had to break working copy lock
+  recovering after interrupted transaction, if any
   no interrupted transaction available
+  pulling from ../src
+  updating to revision 'default'
+  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+  chainsaw-update to revision 'default' for repository at '$TESTTMP/repo' done
 
 Test file purging capabilities
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