diff --git a/t/t5411-proc-receive-hook.sh b/t/t5411-proc-receive-hook.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fe2861f2e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5411-proc-receive-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Jiang Xin
+#
+
+test_description='Test proc-receive hook'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+# Create commits in <repo> and assign each commit's oid to shell variables
+# given in the arguments (A, B, and C). E.g.:
+#
+#     create_commits_in <repo> A B C
+#
+# NOTE: Avoid calling this function from a subshell since variable
+# assignments will disappear when subshell exits.
+create_commits_in () {
+	repo="$1" &&
+	if ! parent=$(git -C "$repo" rev-parse HEAD^{} 2>/dev/null)
+	then
+		parent=
+	fi &&
+	T=$(git -C "$repo" write-tree) &&
+	shift &&
+	while test $# -gt 0
+	do
+		name=$1 &&
+		test_tick &&
+		if test -z "$parent"
+		then
+			oid=$(echo $name | git -C "$repo" commit-tree $T)
+		else
+			oid=$(echo $name | git -C "$repo" commit-tree -p $parent $T)
+		fi &&
+		eval $name=$oid &&
+		parent=$oid &&
+		shift ||
+		return 1
+	done &&
+	git -C "$repo" update-ref refs/heads/master $oid
+}
+
+format_git_output () {
+	sed \
+		-e "s/  *\$//g" \
+		-e "s/$A/<COMMIT-A>/g" \
+		-e "s/$B/<COMMIT-B>/g" \
+		-e "s/$TAG/<COMMIT-T>/g" \
+		-e "s/$ZERO_OID/<ZERO-OID>/g" \
+		-e "s/'/\"/g"
+}
+
+test_expect_success "setup" '
+	git init --bare upstream &&
+	git init workbench &&
+	create_commits_in workbench A B &&
+	(
+		cd workbench &&
+		git remote add origin ../upstream &&
+		git config core.abbrev 7 &&
+		git update-ref refs/heads/master $A &&
+		git tag -m "v1.0.0" v1.0.0 $A &&
+		git push origin \
+			$B:refs/heads/master \
+			$A:refs/heads/next
+	) &&
+	TAG=$(cd workbench; git rev-parse v1.0.0) &&
+
+	# setup pre-receive hook
+	cat >upstream/hooks/pre-receive <<-EOF &&
+	#!/bin/sh
+
+	printf >&2 "# pre-receive hook\n"
+
+	while read old new ref
+	do
+		printf >&2 "pre-receive< \$old \$new \$ref\n"
+	done
+	EOF
+
+	# setup post-receive hook
+	cat >upstream/hooks/post-receive <<-EOF &&
+	#!/bin/sh
+
+	printf >&2 "# post-receive hook\n"
+
+	while read old new ref
+	do
+		printf >&2 "post-receive< \$old \$new \$ref\n"
+	done
+	EOF
+
+	chmod a+x \
+		upstream/hooks/pre-receive \
+		upstream/hooks/post-receive
+'
+
+test_expect_success "normal git-push command" '
+	(
+		cd workbench &&
+		git push -f origin \
+			refs/tags/v1.0.0 \
+			:refs/heads/next \
+			HEAD:refs/heads/master \
+			HEAD:refs/review/master/topic \
+			HEAD:refs/heads/a/b/c
+	) >out 2>&1 &&
+	format_git_output <out >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	remote: # pre-receive hook
+	remote: pre-receive< <COMMIT-B> <COMMIT-A> refs/heads/master
+	remote: pre-receive< <COMMIT-A> <ZERO-OID> refs/heads/next
+	remote: pre-receive< <ZERO-OID> <COMMIT-T> refs/tags/v1.0.0
+	remote: pre-receive< <ZERO-OID> <COMMIT-A> refs/review/master/topic
+	remote: pre-receive< <ZERO-OID> <COMMIT-A> refs/heads/a/b/c
+	remote: # post-receive hook
+	remote: post-receive< <COMMIT-B> <COMMIT-A> refs/heads/master
+	remote: post-receive< <COMMIT-A> <ZERO-OID> refs/heads/next
+	remote: post-receive< <ZERO-OID> <COMMIT-T> refs/tags/v1.0.0
+	remote: post-receive< <ZERO-OID> <COMMIT-A> refs/review/master/topic
+	remote: post-receive< <ZERO-OID> <COMMIT-A> refs/heads/a/b/c
+	To ../upstream
+	 + ce858e6...1029397 HEAD -> master (forced update)
+	 - [deleted]         next
+	 * [new tag]         v1.0.0 -> v1.0.0
+	 * [new reference]   HEAD -> refs/review/master/topic
+	 * [new branch]      HEAD -> a/b/c
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	(
+		cd upstream &&
+		git show-ref
+	) >out &&
+	format_git_output <out >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	<COMMIT-A> refs/heads/a/b/c
+	<COMMIT-A> refs/heads/master
+	<COMMIT-A> refs/review/master/topic
+	<COMMIT-T> refs/tags/v1.0.0
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 1fdc7dac1a..b5b7bb841e 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -501,7 +501,8 @@ static void print_ok_ref_status(struct ref *ref, int porcelain, int summary_widt
 	else if (is_null_oid(&ref->old_oid))
 		print_ref_status('*',
 			(starts_with(ref->name, "refs/tags/") ? "[new tag]" :
-			"[new branch]"),
+			(starts_with(ref->name, "refs/heads/") ? "[new branch]" :
+			"[new reference]")),
 			ref, ref->peer_ref, NULL, porcelain, summary_width);
 	else {
 		struct strbuf quickref = STRBUF_INIT;
