diff -up shadow-4.1.5.1/src/usermod.c.move-home shadow-4.1.5.1/src/usermod.c
--- shadow-4.1.5.1/src/usermod.c.move-home	2014-08-29 13:31:38.000000000 +0200
+++ shadow-4.1.5.1/src/usermod.c	2014-08-29 14:14:13.860671177 +0200
@@ -1571,6 +1571,11 @@ static void move_home (void)
 			         Prog, user_home, user_newhome);
 			fail_exit (E_HOMEDIR);
 		}
+	} else {
+		fprintf (stderr,
+		         _("%s: The previous home directory (%s) does "
+		           "not exist or is inaccessible. Move cannot be completed.\n"),
+		         Prog, user_home);
 	}
 }