diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -548,9 +548,10 @@ def docopy(ui, repo, pats, opts, wlock):
         targets[abstarget] = abssrc
         if abstarget != origsrc:
             if repo.dirstate.state(origsrc) == 'a':
-                ui.warn(_("%s was marked for addition. "
-                          "%s will not be committed as a copy.\n")
-                        % (repo.pathto(origsrc, cwd), reltarget))
+                if not ui.quiet:
+                    ui.warn(_("%s has not been committed yet, so no copy "
+                              "data will be stored for %s.\n")
+                            % (repo.pathto(origsrc, cwd), reltarget))
                 if abstarget not in repo.dirstate and not opts.get('dry_run'):
                     repo.add([abstarget], wlock)
             elif not opts.get('dry_run'):
@@ -2471,6 +2472,8 @@ def serve(ui, repo, **opts):
     for o in optlist.split():
         if opts[o]:
             parentui.setconfig("web", o, str(opts[o]))
+            if repo.ui != parentui:
+                repo.ui.setconfig("web", o, str(opts[o]))
 
     if repo is None and not ui.config("web", "webdir_conf"):
         raise hg.RepoError(_("There is no Mercurial repository here"