diff --git a/cli/src/cli_util.rs b/cli/src/cli_util.rs
index c22adaeec2..5afdf8c66a 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli_util.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cli_util.rs
@@ -1022,9 +1022,15 @@ impl WorkspaceCommandHelper {
                     .map(|c| self.format_commit_summary(c))
                     .join("\n")
                     + elided.then_some("\n...").unwrap_or_default();
-                let hint = if let RevsetExpression::CommitRef(RevsetCommitRef::Symbol(
-                    branch_name,
-                )) = revset_expression.as_ref()
+                let hint = if commits[0].change_id() == commits[1].change_id() {
+                    // Separate hint if there's commits with same change id
+                    format!(
+                        r#"The revset "{revision_str}" resolved to these revisions:
+{commits_summary}
+Some of these commits have the same change id. Abandon one of them with "jj abandon -r <REVISION>"."#,
+                    )
+                } else if let RevsetExpression::CommitRef(RevsetCommitRef::Symbol(branch_name)) =
+                    revset_expression.as_ref()
                 {
                     // Separate hint if there's a conflicted branch
                     format!(
diff --git a/cli/tests/test_checkout.rs b/cli/tests/test_checkout.rs
index a0aa817966..9c359d14e1 100644
--- a/cli/tests/test_checkout.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/test_checkout.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,28 @@ fn test_checkout_conflicting_branches() {
     "###);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_checkout_conflicting_change_ids() {
+    let test_env = TestEnvironment::default();
+    test_env.jj_cmd_success(test_env.env_root(), &["init", "repo", "--git"]);
+    let repo_path = test_env.env_root().join("repo");
+
+    test_env.jj_cmd_success(&repo_path, &["describe", "-m", "one"]);
+    test_env.jj_cmd_success(&repo_path, &["--at-op=@-", "describe", "-m", "two"]);
+
+    // Trigger resolution of concurrent operations
+    test_env.jj_cmd_success(&repo_path, &["st"]);
+
+    let stderr = test_env.jj_cmd_failure(&repo_path, &["checkout", "qpvuntsm"]);
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @r###"
+    Error: Revset "qpvuntsm" resolved to more than one revision
+    Hint: The revset "qpvuntsm" resolved to these revisions:
+    qpvuntsm d2ae6806 (empty) two
+    qpvuntsm a9330854 (empty) one
+    Some of these commits have the same change id. Abandon one of them with "jj abandon -r <REVISION>".
+    "###);
+}
+
 fn get_log_output(test_env: &TestEnvironment, cwd: &Path) -> String {
     let template = r#"commit_id ++ " " ++ description"#;
     test_env.jj_cmd_success(cwd, &["log", "-T", template])