(revert-buffer): Different error message for reverting a nonexistent file.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 909eba662a3..667de0570bb 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -3362,7 +3362,10 @@ non-nil, it is called instead of rereading visited file contents."
                      (funcall revert-buffer-insert-file-contents-function
                               file-name auto-save-p)
                    (if (not (file-exists-p file-name))
-                       (error "File %s no longer exists!" file-name))
+                       (error (if buffer-file-number
+                                  "File %s no longer exists!"
+                                "Cannot revert nonexistent file %s")
+                              file-name))
                    ;; Bind buffer-file-name to nil
                    ;; so that we don't try to lock the file.
                    (let ((buffer-file-name nil))