diff -r 7837653cb39a -r b885ab9ca182 hgext/rebase.py
--- a/hgext/rebase.py	Tue Oct 06 15:01:25 2015 -0400
+++ b/hgext/rebase.py	Tue Oct 06 15:07:00 2015 -0400
@@ -217,7 +217,12 @@
         keepopen = opts.get('keepopen', False)
 
         if opts.get('interactive'):
-            help = "hg help -e histedit"
+            try:
+                if extensions.find('histedit'):
+                    enablehistedit = ''
+            except KeyError:
+                enablehistedit = " --config extensions.histedit="
+            help = "hg%s help -e histedit" % enablehistedit
             msg = _("interactive history editing is supported by the "
                     "'histedit' extension (see \"%s\")") % help
             raise util.Abort(msg)