diff -r 94c394653b2a -r 0f64af33fb63 mercurial/merge.py
--- a/mercurial/merge.py	Mon Sep 23 20:50:51 2013 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/merge.py	Mon Sep 23 20:53:14 2013 -0700
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@
                                  hint=_("use 'hg status' to list changes"))
             for s in sorted(wc.substate):
                 if wc.sub(s).dirty():
-                    raise util.Abort(_("outstanding uncommitted changes in "
+                    raise util.Abort(_("uncommitted changes in "
                                        "subrepository '%s'") % s)
 
         elif not overwrite: