diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 08d7fc7233..6aecf549e8 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -918,12 +918,14 @@ static void display_ref_update(struct display_state *display_state, char code,
 	}
 
 	width = (summary_width + strlen(summary) - gettext_width(summary));
+	remote = prettify_refname(remote);
+	local = prettify_refname(local);
 
 	strbuf_addf(&display_state->buf, " %c %-*s ", code, width, summary);
 	if (!display_state->compact_format)
-		print_remote_to_local(display_state, remote, prettify_refname(local));
+		print_remote_to_local(display_state, remote, local);
 	else
-		print_compact(display_state, remote, prettify_refname(local));
+		print_compact(display_state, remote, local);
 	if (error)
 		strbuf_addf(&display_state->buf, "  (%s)", error);
 	strbuf_addch(&display_state->buf, '\n');
@@ -934,7 +936,7 @@ static void display_ref_update(struct display_state *display_state, char code,
 static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
 			    struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 			    struct display_state *display_state,
-			    const char *remote, const struct ref *remote_ref,
+			    const struct ref *remote_ref,
 			    int summary_width)
 {
 	struct commit *current = NULL, *updated;
@@ -946,7 +948,7 @@ static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
 	if (oideq(&ref->old_oid, &ref->new_oid)) {
 		if (verbosity > 0)
 			display_ref_update(display_state, '=', _("[up to date]"), NULL,
-					   remote, ref->name, summary_width);
+					   remote_ref->name, ref->name, summary_width);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -959,7 +961,7 @@ static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
 		 */
 		display_ref_update(display_state, '!', _("[rejected]"),
 				   _("can't fetch into checked-out branch"),
-				   remote, ref->name, summary_width);
+				   remote_ref->name, ref->name, summary_width);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -970,12 +972,12 @@ static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
 			r = s_update_ref("updating tag", ref, transaction, 0);
 			display_ref_update(display_state, r ? '!' : 't', _("[tag update]"),
 					   r ? _("unable to update local ref") : NULL,
-					   remote, ref->name, summary_width);
+					   remote_ref->name, ref->name, summary_width);
 			return r;
 		} else {
 			display_ref_update(display_state, '!', _("[rejected]"),
 					   _("would clobber existing tag"),
-					   remote, ref->name, summary_width);
+					   remote_ref->name, ref->name, summary_width);
 			return 1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1008,7 +1010,7 @@ static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
 		r = s_update_ref(msg, ref, transaction, 0);
 		display_ref_update(display_state, r ? '!' : '*', what,
 				   r ? _("unable to update local ref") : NULL,
-				   remote, ref->name, summary_width);
+				   remote_ref->name, ref->name, summary_width);
 		return r;
 	}
 
@@ -1030,7 +1032,7 @@ static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
 		r = s_update_ref("fast-forward", ref, transaction, 1);
 		display_ref_update(display_state, r ? '!' : ' ', quickref.buf,
 				   r ? _("unable to update local ref") : NULL,
-				   remote, ref->name, summary_width);
+				   remote_ref->name, ref->name, summary_width);
 		strbuf_release(&quickref);
 		return r;
 	} else if (force || ref->force) {
@@ -1042,12 +1044,12 @@ static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref,
 		r = s_update_ref("forced-update", ref, transaction, 1);
 		display_ref_update(display_state, r ? '!' : '+', quickref.buf,
 				   r ? _("unable to update local ref") : _("forced update"),
-				   remote, ref->name, summary_width);
+				   remote_ref->name, ref->name, summary_width);
 		strbuf_release(&quickref);
 		return r;
 	} else {
 		display_ref_update(display_state, '!', _("[rejected]"), _("non-fast-forward"),
-				   remote, ref->name, summary_width);
+				   remote_ref->name, ref->name, summary_width);
 		return 1;
 	}
 }
@@ -1252,14 +1254,13 @@ static int store_updated_refs(struct display_state *display_state,
 			if (!strcmp(rm->name, "HEAD")) {
 				kind = "";
 				what = "";
-			}
-			else if (skip_prefix(rm->name, "refs/heads/", &what))
+			} else if (skip_prefix(rm->name, "refs/heads/", &what)) {
 				kind = "branch";
-			else if (skip_prefix(rm->name, "refs/tags/", &what))
+			} else if (skip_prefix(rm->name, "refs/tags/", &what)) {
 				kind = "tag";
-			else if (skip_prefix(rm->name, "refs/remotes/", &what))
+			} else if (skip_prefix(rm->name, "refs/remotes/", &what)) {
 				kind = "remote-tracking branch";
-			else {
+			} else {
 				kind = "";
 				what = rm->name;
 			}
@@ -1277,7 +1278,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(struct display_state *display_state,
 					  display_state->url_len);
 
 			if (ref) {
-				rc |= update_local_ref(ref, transaction, display_state, what,
+				rc |= update_local_ref(ref, transaction, display_state,
 						       rm, summary_width);
 				free(ref);
 			} else if (write_fetch_head || dry_run) {
@@ -1288,7 +1289,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(struct display_state *display_state,
 				 */
 				display_ref_update(display_state, '*',
 						   *kind ? kind : "branch", NULL,
-						   *what ? what : "HEAD",
+						   rm->name,
 						   "FETCH_HEAD", summary_width);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/t/t5574-fetch-output.sh b/t/t5574-fetch-output.sh
index 8a344e6790..9890f6f381 100755
--- a/t/t5574-fetch-output.sh
+++ b/t/t5574-fetch-output.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,53 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch compact output' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fetch output with HEAD' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf head" &&
+	git clone . head &&
+
+	git -C head fetch --dry-run origin HEAD >actual.out 2>actual.err &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	From $(test-tool path-utils real_path .)/.
+	 * branch            HEAD       -> FETCH_HEAD
+	EOF
+	test_must_be_empty actual.out &&
+	test_cmp expect actual.err &&
+
+	git -C head fetch origin HEAD >actual.out 2>actual.err &&
+	test_must_be_empty actual.out &&
+	test_cmp expect actual.err &&
+
+	git -C head fetch --dry-run origin HEAD:foo >actual.out 2>actual.err &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	From $(test-tool path-utils real_path .)/.
+	 * [new ref]         HEAD       -> foo
+	EOF
+	test_must_be_empty actual.out &&
+	test_cmp expect actual.err &&
+
+	git -C head fetch origin HEAD:foo >actual.out 2>actual.err &&
+	test_must_be_empty actual.out &&
+	test_cmp expect actual.err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fetch output with object ID' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf object-id" &&
+	git clone . object-id &&
+	commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+
+	git -C object-id fetch --dry-run origin $commit:object-id >actual.out 2>actual.err &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	From $(test-tool path-utils real_path .)/.
+	 * [new ref]         $commit -> object-id
+	EOF
+	test_must_be_empty actual.out &&
+	test_cmp expect actual.err &&
+
+	git -C object-id fetch origin $commit:object-id >actual.out 2>actual.err &&
+	test_must_be_empty actual.out &&
+	test_cmp expect actual.err
+'
+
 test_expect_success '--no-show-forced-updates' '
 	mkdir forced-updates &&
 	(
