diff --git a/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md b/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md
index 7fb298fb..89d43d46 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md
+++ b/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ we should get an error:
 
 ``` (stderr) (fail)
 $ git push rad master:refs/patches
+warn: attempted to create a patch using the commit f2de534b5e81d7c6e2dcaf58c3dd91573c0a0354, but this commit is already included in the base branch
 To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
  ! [remote rejected] master -> refs/patches (patch commits are already included in the base branch)
 error: failed to push some refs to 'rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi'
diff --git a/crates/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs b/crates/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
index a02da395..7de690f2 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use radicle::{git, rad};
 use radicle_cli as cli;
 use radicle_cli::terminal as term;
 
-use crate::{hint, read_line, Options, Verbosity};
+use crate::{hint, read_line, warn, Options, Verbosity};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum Error {
@@ -566,6 +566,9 @@ where
     let base = patch_base(head, &opts, stored)?;
 
     if base == *head {
+        warn(format!(
+            "attempted to create a patch using the commit {head}, but this commit is already included in the base branch"
+        ));
         return Err(Error::EmptyPatch);
     }