diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -646,14 +646,14 @@
         if state in skip:
             continue
         if statedetectionpredicate(repo):
-            return (state, statedetectionpredicate, msgfn)
+            return (state, msgfn)
 
 def morestatus(repo, fm):
     statetuple = _getrepostate(repo)
     label = 'status.morestatus'
     if statetuple:
         fm.startitem()
-        state, statedetectionpredicate, helpfulmsg = statetuple
+        state, helpfulmsg = statetuple
         statemsg = _('The repository is in an unfinished *%s* state.') % state
         fm.write('statemsg', '%s\n',  _commentlines(statemsg), label=label)
         conmsg = _conflictsmsg(repo)