diff -r 68a43fdd7d80 -r b1a534335548 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Jun 13 12:51:38 2011 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Jun 13 14:56:00 2011 +0300
@@ -2272,8 +2272,9 @@
 
     for f in m.files():
         if f not in repo.dirstate and not os.path.isdir(m.rel(f)):
-            ui.warn(_('not removing %s: file is already untracked\n')
-                    % m.rel(f))
+            if os.path.exists(m.rel(f)):
+                ui.warn(_('not removing %s: file is already untracked\n')
+                        % m.rel(f))
             errs = 1
 
     for f in forget:
@@ -3917,7 +3918,8 @@
 
     for f in m.files():
         if f not in repo.dirstate and not os.path.isdir(m.rel(f)):
-            ui.warn(_('not removing %s: file is untracked\n') % m.rel(f))
+            if os.path.exists(m.rel(f)):
+                ui.warn(_('not removing %s: file is untracked\n') % m.rel(f))
             ret = 1
 
     if force: