diff -r 3681de20b0a7 -r 05267e6e94dd mercurial/help.py
--- a/mercurial/help.py	Wed Dec 04 20:38:27 2013 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/help.py	Mon Feb 17 07:39:53 2014 +0100
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
             shortopt, longopt, default, desc = option
             optlabel = _("VALUE") # default label
 
-        if _("DEPRECATED") in desc and not verbose:
+        if not verbose and ("DEPRECATED" in desc or _("DEPRECATED") in desc):
             continue
 
         so = ''