hg remove problem

[Neal Becker]

hg help remove
hg remove [OPTION]... FILE...

remove the specified files on the next commit

    Schedule the indicated files for removal from the repository.

    This only removes files from the current branch, not from the
    entire project history.  If the files still exist in the working
    directory, they will be deleted from it.  If invoked with --after,
    files that have been manually deleted are marked as removed.


[nbecker at nbecker4 mod]$ hg remove --after matrix.hpp
matrix.hpp: No such file or directory
matrix.hpp: No such file or directory

Doesn't this contradict the stated help documentation?