diff --git a/mercurial/subrepo.py b/mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@
                 self._gitcommand(command + [f])
 
         for f in rejected:
-            ui.warn(_("%s already tracked!\n") % match.abs(f))
+            ui.warn(_("%s already tracked!\n") % match.rel(f))
 
         return rejected