--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Mar 30 09:49:45 2011 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Fri Mar 11 20:43:12 2011 -0500
@@ -2989,7 +2989,10 @@
         else:
             ui.status(_("not updating, since new heads added\n"))
     if modheads > 1:
-        ui.status(_("(run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)\n"))
+        if (len(repo.branchheads()) > 1):
+            ui.status(_("(run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)\n"))
+        else:
+            ui.status(_("(run 'hg heads' to see heads)\n"))
     else:
         ui.status(_("(run 'hg update' to get a working copy)\n"))