diff -r 3939b30d0cb7 -r 8abbae93045a mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Fri Aug 25 22:05:10 2017 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Thu Aug 24 20:25:16 2017 -0700
@@ -3849,7 +3849,7 @@
                         "merge)\n"))
         else:
             ui.status(_("(run 'hg heads' to see heads)\n"))
-    else:
+    elif not ui.configbool('commands', 'update.requiredest'):
         ui.status(_("(run 'hg update' to get a working copy)\n"))
 
 @command('^pull',