diff -r 4c700c847aa2 -r 1f567a9e25bd hgext/histedit.py
--- a/hgext/histedit.py	Tue Mar 26 10:21:17 2019 -0400
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py	Tue Mar 26 11:53:30 2019 -0400
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@
             ui.write(_("histedit aborted\n"))
             return 0
         if type(rc) is list:
-            ui.status(_("running histedit\n"))
+            ui.status(_("performing changes\n"))
             rules = makecommands(rc)
             filename = repo.vfs.join('chistedit')
             with open(filename, 'w+') as fp: