diff -r 42d031560294 -r 73b1c328a7da mercurial/util.py --- a/mercurial/util.py Tue Sep 20 23:48:19 2016 +0000 +++ b/mercurial/util.py Tue Sep 20 23:48:30 2016 +0000 @@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ except ValueError: raise Abort(_("invalid day spec: %s") % date[1:]) if days < 0: - raise Abort(_('%s must be nonnegative (see "hg help dates")') + raise Abort(_("%s must be nonnegative (see 'hg help dates')") % date[1:]) when = makedate()[0] - days * 3600 * 24 return lambda x: x >= when