diff -r 86c0b5c09ee6 -r d9fb88c045a0 mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py	Sun May 03 14:18:32 2015 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/context.py	Mon May 04 10:38:45 2015 -0700
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
                 pass
         except (error.FilteredIndexError, error.FilteredLookupError,
                 error.FilteredRepoLookupError):
-            if repo.filtername == 'visible':
+            if repo.filtername.startswith('visible'):
                 msg = _("hidden revision '%s'") % changeid
                 hint = _('use --hidden to access hidden revisions')
                 raise error.FilteredRepoLookupError(msg, hint=hint)