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diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index 54f8dea30c..2d330d2b75 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -195,13 +195,22 @@ void NORETURN die_conclude_merge(void)
void detach_advice(const char *new_name)
{
const char *fmt =
- _("Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n"
+ _("Note: switching to '%s'.\n"
+ "\n"
"You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n"
"changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n"
- "state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n"
+ "state without impacting any branches by switching back to a branch.\n"
+ "\n"
"If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n"
- "do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n"
- " git checkout -b <new-branch-name>\n\n");
+ "do so (now or later) by using -c with the switch command. Example:\n"
+ "\n"
+ " git switch -c <new-branch-name>\n"
+ "\n"
+ "Or undo this operation with:\n"
+ "\n"
+ " git switch -\n"
+ "\n"
+ "Turn off this advice by setting config variable advice.detachedHead to false\n\n");
fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name);
}