diff --git a/hgext/rebase.py b/hgext/rebase.py
index 7a9cf012dddce918220c75b2fade5f2f40f68525_aGdleHQvcmViYXNlLnB5..54e93b86a9e3c2ae8d435dabd269875445e745f4_aGdleHQvcmViYXNlLnB5 100644
--- a/hgext/rebase.py
+++ b/hgext/rebase.py
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
     'Restore the repository to its original state'
     if set(repo.changelog.descendants(target)) - set(state.values()):
         repo.ui.warn(_("warning: new changesets detected on target branch, "
-                                                    "not stripping\n"))
+                                                    "can't abort\n"))
     else:
         # Strip from the first rebased revision
         merge.update(repo, repo[originalwd].rev(), False, True, False)
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-interruptions.out b/tests/test-rebase-interruptions.out
index 7a9cf012dddce918220c75b2fade5f2f40f68525_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1yZWJhc2UtaW50ZXJydXB0aW9ucy5vdXQ=..54e93b86a9e3c2ae8d435dabd269875445e745f4_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1yZWJhc2UtaW50ZXJydXB0aW9ucy5vdXQ= 100644
--- a/tests/test-rebase-interruptions.out
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-interruptions.out
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
 
 % Abort the rebasing
-warning: new changesets detected on target branch, not stripping
+warning: new changesets detected on target branch, can't abort
 @  6: Extra
 |
 o  5: B