diff -r 35c3f94233a0 -r 98d90ad54749 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Sun Jul 12 07:56:43 2009 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Fri Jul 10 13:40:25 2009 +0200
@@ -1493,7 +1493,10 @@
             f = f.lstrip("^")
             if not ui.debugflag and f.startswith("debug"):
                 continue
-            doc = gettext(e[0].__doc__)
+            doc = e[0].__doc__
+            if doc and 'DEPRECATED' in doc and not ui.verbose:
+                continue
+            doc = gettext(doc)
             if not doc:
                 doc = _("(no help text available)")
             h[f] = doc.splitlines(0)[0].rstrip()