diff -r 5e57c199848d -r 354f304152ad mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Feb 15 23:23:16 2011 +1300
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Feb 14 23:59:21 2011 -0600
@@ -471,8 +471,9 @@
     the bookmark is assigned to that revision.
 
     Bookmarks can be pushed and pulled between repositories (see :hg:`help
-    push` and :hg:`help pull`). This requires the bookmark extension to be
-    enabled for both the local and remote repositories.
+    push` and :hg:`help pull`). This requires both the local and remote
+    repositories to support bookmarks. For versions prior to 1.8, this means
+    the bookmarks extension must be enabled.
     '''
     hexfn = ui.debugflag and hex or short
     marks = repo._bookmarks