diff --git a/t/t1093-virtualfilesystem.sh b/t/t1093-virtualfilesystem.sh
index cad13d680cb199..7786735dffec06 100755
--- a/t/t1093-virtualfilesystem.sh
+++ b/t/t1093-virtualfilesystem.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify status is clean' '
 	git status > actual &&
 	cat > expected <<-\EOF &&
 		On branch main
+		You are in a partially-hydrated checkout with 75% of tracked files present.
+
 		nothing to commit, working tree clean
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expected actual
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 076ccb1181ea5a..9eef96e85bf7a3 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -1612,10 +1612,15 @@ static void show_sparse_checkout_in_use(struct wt_status *s,
 {
 	if (s->state.sparse_checkout_percentage == SPARSE_CHECKOUT_DISABLED)
 		return;
-	if (core_virtualfilesystem)
-		return;
-
-	if (s->state.sparse_checkout_percentage == SPARSE_CHECKOUT_SPARSE_INDEX)
+	if (core_virtualfilesystem) {
+		if (s->state.sparse_checkout_percentage == SPARSE_CHECKOUT_SPARSE_INDEX)
+			status_printf_ln(s, color,
+					 _("You are in a partially-hydrated checkout with a sparse index."));
+		else
+			status_printf_ln(s, color,
+					 _("You are in a partially-hydrated checkout with %d%% of tracked files present."),
+					 s->state.sparse_checkout_percentage);
+	} else if (s->state.sparse_checkout_percentage == SPARSE_CHECKOUT_SPARSE_INDEX)
 		status_printf_ln(s, color, _("You are in a sparse checkout."));
 	else
 		status_printf_ln(s, color,