diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md
index 53e05e49..d4e9d256 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-patch-via-push.md
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@
 Let's checkout a branch, make a commit and push to the magic ref `refs/patches`.
 When we push to this ref, a patch is created from our commits.
 
-``` (stderr)
+``` (stderr) RAD_HINT=1
 $ git checkout -b feature/1
 Switched to a new branch 'feature/1'
 $ git commit -a -m "Add things" -q --allow-empty
 $ git push -o patch.message="Add things #1" -o patch.message="See commits for details." rad HEAD:refs/patches
 ✓ Patch 82faae29b2a2f11bf45bbba4c4787d6b32a12447 opened
+hint: to update, run `git push`,
+      or `git push rad -f HEAD:rad/patches/82faae29b2a2f11bf45bbba4c4787d6b32a12447`
+hint: offline push, your node is not running
+      to sync with the network, run `rad node start`
 To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
  * [new reference]   HEAD -> refs/patches
 ```
diff --git a/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs b/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
index 813c7b1b..f43963ad 100644
--- a/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
+++ b/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ pub fn run(
                 let working = git::raw::Repository::open(working)?;
 
                 if dst == &*rad::PATCHES_REFNAME {
-                    patch_open(src, &nid, &working, stored, &signer, opts.clone())
+                    patch_open(src, &nid, &working, stored, &signer, profile, opts.clone())
                 } else {
                     let dst = git::Qualified::from_refstr(dst)
                         .ok_or_else(|| Error::InvalidQualifiedRef(dst.clone()))?;
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ pub fn run(
                 sync(stored.id, node).ok();
             } else if hints {
                 eprintln!("hint: offline push, your node is not running");
-                eprintln!("hint: to sync with the network, run `rad node start`");
+                eprintln!("      to sync with the network, run `rad node start`");
             }
         }
     }
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ fn patch_open<G: Signer>(
     working: &git::raw::Repository,
     stored: &storage::git::Repository,
     signer: &G,
+    profile: &Profile,
     opts: Options,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let reference = working.find_reference(src.as_str())?;
@@ -384,7 +385,16 @@ fn patch_open<G: Signer>(
             )?;
 
             // Setup current branch so that pushing updates the patch.
-            rad::setup_patch_upstream(&patch, commit.id().into(), working, false)?;
+            if let Some(branch) =
+                rad::setup_patch_upstream(&patch, commit.id().into(), working, false)?
+            {
+                if let Some(name) = branch.name()? {
+                    if profile.hints() {
+                        eprintln!("hint: to update, run `git push`,");
+                        eprintln!("      or `git push rad -f HEAD:{name}`");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
 
             Ok(())
         }