diff --git a/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-fetch-2.md b/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-fetch-2.md
index 4b260917..a9392665 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-fetch-2.md
+++ b/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-fetch-2.md
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ $ git branch -r
 $ git pull
 Already up to date.
 $ git branch -r
-  rad/HEAD -> rad/master
   rad/master
   rad/patches/5e2dedcc5d515fcbc1cca483d3376609fe889bfb
 ```
diff --git a/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md b/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md
index e00c5ada..73b16427 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md
+++ b/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ And let's look at our local and remote refs:
 $ git show-ref
 42d894a83c9c356552a57af09ccdbd5587a99045 refs/heads/feature/1
 f2de534b5e81d7c6e2dcaf58c3dd91573c0a0354 refs/heads/master
-f2de534b5e81d7c6e2dcaf58c3dd91573c0a0354 refs/remotes/rad/HEAD
 f2de534b5e81d7c6e2dcaf58c3dd91573c0a0354 refs/remotes/rad/master
 42d894a83c9c356552a57af09ccdbd5587a99045 refs/remotes/rad/patches/6035d2f582afbe01ff23ea87528ae523d76875b6
 ```
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/test/fixtures.rs b/crates/radicle/src/test/fixtures.rs
index b329d154..c9018705 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/test/fixtures.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/test/fixtures.rs
@@ -122,6 +122,17 @@ fn repository_with<P: AsRef<Path>>(
         let mut config = repo.config().unwrap();
         config.set_str("user.name", USER_NAME).unwrap();
         config.set_str("user.email", USER_EMAIL).unwrap();
+
+        // In Git 2.48.0, the option `remote.<name>.followRemoteHEAD` was added.
+        // Git versions older than 2.48.0 behave as if this option is set to
+        // `never`.
+        // We set it explicitly here for testing purposes, for consistent output
+        // of commands like `git branch -r` and `git show-ref`.
+        // Once Radicle requires Git 2.48.0 or newer, we can remove this
+        // (and adjust our tests to the new default behavior, creating `HEAD`).
+        config
+            .set_str("remote.rad.followRemoteHEAD", "never")
+            .unwrap();
     }
 
     let sig = git::raw::Signature::new(