diff -r 79c0121220e3 -r fb4a6d584756 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Thu Nov 21 16:54:00 2019 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Dec 09 18:15:38 2019 -0800
@@ -6867,6 +6867,12 @@
     ) and not opts.get(b'no_status'):
         copy = copies.pathcopies(ctx1, ctx2, m)
 
+    morestatus = None
+    if (
+        ui.verbose or ui.configbool(b'commands', b'status.verbose')
+    ) and not ui.plain():
+        morestatus = cmdutil.readmorestatus(repo)
+
     ui.pager(b'status')
     fm = ui.formatter(b'status', opts)
     fmt = b'%s' + end
@@ -6888,10 +6894,8 @@
                         label=b'status.copied',
                     )
 
-    if (
-        ui.verbose or ui.configbool(b'commands', b'status.verbose')
-    ) and not ui.plain():
-        cmdutil.morestatus(repo, fm)
+    if morestatus:
+        morestatus.formatfooter(fm)
     fm.end()