diff -r 407ec7f3ff02 -r b81ad5b78a81 mercurial/obsutil.py
--- a/mercurial/obsutil.py	Tue Nov 07 13:48:33 2017 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/obsutil.py	Thu Oct 19 12:35:47 2017 +0200
@@ -751,8 +751,9 @@
 
     return values
 
-def successorsetverb(successorset):
-    """ Return the verb summarizing the successorset
+def obsfateverb(successorset, markers):
+    """ Return the verb summarizing the successorset and potentially using
+    information from the markers
     """
     if not successorset:
         verb = 'pruned'
@@ -795,7 +796,7 @@
     line = []
 
     # Verb
-    line.append(successorsetverb(successors))
+    line.append(obsfateverb(successors, markers))
 
     # Operations
     operations = markersoperations(markers)