diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgModifyCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgModifyCommand.java
index 4b1ce27d38..302bea6d4f 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgModifyCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgModifyCommand.java
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class HgModifyCommand implements ModifyCommand {
 
+  static final Pattern HG_MESSAGE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(".*\\[SCM\\](?: Error:)? (.*)");
+
   private HgCommandContext context;
   private final HgWorkingCopyFactory workingCopyFactory;
 
@@ -115,7 +118,9 @@ public class HgModifyCommand implements ModifyCommand {
       workingCopyFactory.configure(pullCommand);
       return pullCommand.execute(workingCopy.getDirectory().getAbsolutePath());
     } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-      throw IntegrateChangesFromWorkdirException.forMessage(context.getScmRepository(), e.getMessage());
+      throw IntegrateChangesFromWorkdirException
+        .withPattern(HG_MESSAGE_PATTERN)
+        .forMessage(context.getScmRepository(), e.getMessage());
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new InternalRepositoryException(context.getScmRepository(),
         String.format("Could not pull modify changes from working copy to central repository for branch %s", request.getBranch()),
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgModifyCommandTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgModifyCommandTest.java
index d55005f675..a2323f69e7 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgModifyCommandTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgModifyCommandTest.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import sonia.scm.web.HgRepositoryEnvironmentBuilder;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
@@ -186,4 +187,18 @@ public class HgModifyCommandTest extends AbstractHgCommandTestBase {
   public void shouldThrowNoChangesMadeExceptionIfEmptyLocalChangesetAfterRequest() {
     hgModifyCommand.execute(new ModifyCommandRequest());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldExtractSimpleMessage() {
+    Matcher matcher = HgModifyCommand.HG_MESSAGE_PATTERN.matcher("[SCM] This is a simple message");
+    matcher.matches();
+    assertThat(matcher.group(1)).isEqualTo("This is a simple message");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldExtractErrorMessage() {
+    Matcher matcher = HgModifyCommand.HG_MESSAGE_PATTERN.matcher("[SCM] Error: This is an error message");
+    matcher.matches();
+    assertThat(matcher.group(1)).isEqualTo("This is an error message");
+  }
 }