diff -r f8515564d617 -r 10f15e34d86c mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Apr 22 10:01:22 2014 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Thu Mar 07 14:17:56 2013 +1100
@@ -5889,6 +5889,7 @@
             ui.status(_("updating bookmark %s\n") % repo._bookmarkcurrent)
     elif brev in repo._bookmarks:
         bookmarks.setcurrent(repo, brev)
+        ui.status(_("(activating bookmark %s)\n") % brev)
     elif brev:
         if repo._bookmarkcurrent:
             ui.status(_("(leaving bookmark %s)\n") %