diff --git a/cli/src/commands/git/push.rs b/cli/src/commands/git/push.rs
index 40596b65aa7..f93c1225d89 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/git/push.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/git/push.rs
@@ -467,12 +467,12 @@ fn update_change_branches(
     for change_arg in changes {
         let workspace_command = tx.base_workspace_helper();
         let commit = workspace_command.resolve_single_rev(change_arg)?;
+        let short_change_id = short_change_hash(commit.change_id());
         let mut branch_name = format!("{branch_prefix}{}", commit.change_id().hex());
         let view = tx.base_repo().view();
         if view.get_local_branch(&branch_name).is_absent() {
             // A local branch with the full change ID doesn't exist already, so use the
             // short ID if it's not ambiguous (which it shouldn't be most of the time).
-            let short_change_id = short_change_hash(commit.change_id());
             if workspace_command
                 .resolve_single_rev(&RevisionArg::from(short_change_id.clone()))
                 .is_ok()
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ fn update_change_branches(
         if view.get_local_branch(&branch_name).is_absent() {
             writeln!(
                 ui.status(),
-                "Creating branch {branch_name} for revision {change_arg}",
+                "Creating branch {branch_name} for revision {short_change_id}",
             )?;
         }
         tx.mut_repo()
diff --git a/cli/tests/test_git_push.rs b/cli/tests/test_git_push.rs
index 9e3b01ce25b..c5b709d5feb 100644
--- a/cli/tests/test_git_push.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/test_git_push.rs
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ fn test_git_push_changes() {
     let (stdout, stderr) = test_env.jj_cmd_ok(&workspace_root, &["git", "push", "--change", "@"]);
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stdout, @"");
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @r###"
-    Creating branch push-yostqsxwqrlt for revision @
+    Creating branch push-yostqsxwqrlt for revision yostqsxwqrlt
     Branch changes to push to origin:
       Add branch push-yostqsxwqrlt to 28d7620ea63a
     "###);
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ fn test_git_push_changes() {
     let (stdout, stderr) = test_env.jj_cmd_ok(&workspace_root, &["git", "push", "-c=@", "-c=@-"]);
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stdout, @"");
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @r###"
-    Creating branch push-yqosqzytrlsw for revision @-
+    Creating branch push-yqosqzytrlsw for revision yqosqzytrlsw
     Branch changes to push to origin:
       Move sideways branch push-yostqsxwqrlt from 28d7620ea63a to 48d8c7948133
       Add branch push-yqosqzytrlsw to fa16a14170fb
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ fn test_git_push_changes() {
     );
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stdout, @"");
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @r###"
-    Creating branch test-yostqsxwqrlt for revision @
+    Creating branch test-yostqsxwqrlt for revision yostqsxwqrlt
     Branch changes to push to origin:
       Add branch test-yostqsxwqrlt to 3e2ce808759b
     "###);
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ fn test_git_push_mixed() {
     );
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stdout, @"");
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @r###"
-    Creating branch push-yqosqzytrlsw for revision @--
+    Creating branch push-yqosqzytrlsw for revision yqosqzytrlsw
     Branch changes to push to origin:
       Add branch push-yqosqzytrlsw to fa16a14170fb
       Add branch branch-1 to 7decc7932d9c