       (insert (concat "Repository: " (svn-status-base-info->url) "\n")))
     (when svn-status-hide-unknown
       (insert
-       (format "%d Unknown files are hidden - press ? to toggle hiding\n"
+       (format "%d Unknown file(s) are hidden - press ? to toggle hiding\n"
                unknown-count)))
     (when svn-status-hide-unmodified
       (insert
-       (format "%d Unmodified files are hidden - press _ to toggle hiding\n"
+       (format "%d Unmodified file()s are hidden - press _ to toggle hiding\n"
                unmodified-count)))
-    (insert (format "%d files marked\n" marked-count))
+    (when (> user-elide-count 0)
+      (insert (format "%d file(s) elided\n" user-elide-count)))
+    (insert (format "%d file(s) marked\n" marked-count))
     (insert "\n "
             (format svn-status-line-format
                     70 80 72 "locl" "chgd" "author")

      (setq len-fname (length fname))
      (when (and (>= len-fname len-test)
                 (string= (substring fname 0 len-test) test))
        ;;(message "elide: %s %s" fname (svn-status-line-info->user-elide (car st-info)))
        (setq elide-mark new-elide-mark)
        (when (or (string= fname ".")
                  (and (= len-fname len-test) (svn-status-line-info->directory-p (car st-info))))
          (message "Elide directory %s and all its files." fname)
          (setq new-elide-mark (not (svn-status-line-info->user-elide (car st-info))))
          (setq elide-mark (if new-elide-mark 'directory nil)))
        ;;(message "elide-mark: %S member: %S" elide-mark (member fname svn-status-elided-list))

  "*List of operations after which all user marks will be removed.
Possible values are: commit, revert.")

(defvar svn-status-short-mod-flag-p t
  "*Whether the mark for out of date files is short or long.

If this variable is is t, and a file is out of date (i.e., there is a newer
version in the repository than the working copy), then the file will
be marked by \"**\"

If this variale is nil, and the file is out of date then the longer phrase
\"(Update Available)\" is used.

In either case the mark gets the face
`svn-status-update-available-face', and will only be visible if
`\[svn-status-update]' is run with a prefix argument")

;;; default arguments to pass to svn commands
(defvar svn-status-default-log-arguments ""
  "*Arguments to pass to svn log.
