--- a/hgext/mq.py
+++ b/hgext/mq.py
@@ -1551,8 +1551,9 @@ def init(ui, repo, **opts):
The queue repository is unversioned by default. If -c is
specified, qinit will create a separate nested repository
- for patches. Use qcommit to commit changes to this queue
- repository."""
+ for patches (qinit -c may also be run later to convert
+ an unversioned patch repository into a versioned one).
+ You can use qcommit to commit changes to this queue repository."""
q = repo.mq
r = q.init(repo, create=opts['create_repo'])
q.save_dirty()