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diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 511d4901d5..5e4f0f33b7 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ static const char implicit_ident_advice[] =
"\n"
" git commit --amend --author='Your Name <you@example.com>'\n";
+static const char empty_amend_advice[] =
+"You asked to amend the most recent commit, but doing so would make\n"
+"it empty. You can repeat your command with --allow-empty, or you can\n"
+"remove the commit entirely with \"git reset HEAD^\".\n";
+
static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
static char *use_message_buffer;
@@ -708,6 +713,8 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
if (!commitable && !in_merge && !allow_empty &&
!(amend && is_a_merge(head_sha1))) {
run_status(stdout, index_file, prefix, 0, s);
+ if (amend)
+ fputs(empty_amend_advice, stderr);
return 0;
}