diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index 61079f10a20..6214af9b10c 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -475,10 +475,10 @@ static void NORETURN die_no_merge_candidates(const char *repo, const char **refs
 		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 		fprintf_ln(stderr, "    git pull %s %s", _("<remote>"), _("<branch>"));
 		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:\n"
-				"\n"
-				"    git branch --set-upstream-to=%s/<branch> %s\n"),
-				remote_name, curr_branch->name);
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:"));
+		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, "    git branch --set-upstream-to=%s/%s %s\n",
+				remote_name, _("<branch>"), curr_branch->name);
 	} else
 		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Your configuration specifies to merge with the ref '%s'\n"
 			"from the remote, but no such ref was fetched."),