Index: shadow-4.5/src/usermod.c
===================================================================
--- shadow-4.5.orig/src/usermod.c
+++ shadow-4.5/src/usermod.c
@@ -1814,6 +1814,11 @@ 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);
 	}
 }