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);

 	}

 }