diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push-diverge.md b/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push-diverge.md
index 256478a4..f5a2d44e 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push-diverge.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push-diverge.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $ git commit -m "Third commit by Alice" --allow-empty -q
 If we try to push now, we get an error with a hint, telling us that we need to
 integrate Bob's changes before pushing ours:
 
-``` ~alice (stderr) (fail)
+``` ~alice (stderr) (fail) RAD_HINT=1
 $ git push rad
 hint: you are attempting to push a commit that would cause your upstream to diverge from the canonical head
 hint: to integrate the remote changes, run `git pull --rebase` and try again
diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/test.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/test.rs
index e1001be7..9dc2af82 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/test.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/test.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use tower::ServiceExt;
 
+use radicle::cli;
 use radicle::cob::issue::Issues;
 use radicle::cob::patch::{MergeTarget, Patches};
 use radicle::crypto::ssh::keystore::MemorySigner;
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ pub fn profile(home: &Path, seed: [u8; 32]) -> radicle::Profile {
         public_key: keypair.pk.into(),
         config: profile::Config {
             node: node::Config::new(alias),
+            cli: cli::Config::default(),
         },
     }
 }
diff --git a/radicle-node/src/test/environment.rs b/radicle-node/src/test/environment.rs
index 6ef2b883..58d20a0b 100644
--- a/radicle-node/src/test/environment.rs
+++ b/radicle-node/src/test/environment.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use radicle::crypto::{KeyPair, Seed, Signer};
 use radicle::git;
 use radicle::git::refname;
 use radicle::identity::{Id, Visibility};
-use radicle::node;
 use radicle::node::address::Book;
 use radicle::node::routing;
 use radicle::node::routing::Store;
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ use radicle::rad;
 use radicle::storage::{ReadStorage as _, RemoteRepository as _, SignRepository as _};
 use radicle::test::fixtures;
 use radicle::Storage;
+use radicle::{cli, node};
 
 use crate::node::NodeId;
 use crate::service::Event;
@@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ impl Environment {
         let keypair = KeyPair::from_seed(Seed::from([!(self.users as u8); 32]));
         let tracking_db = home.node().join(TRACKING_DB_FILE);
         let alias = Alias::from_str(alias).unwrap();
-        let config = profile::Config::init(alias.clone(), &home.config()).unwrap();
+        let config = profile::Config {
+            node: node::Config::new(alias.clone()),
+            cli: cli::Config { hints: false },
+        };
+        config.write(&home.config()).unwrap();
+
         let storage = Storage::open(
             home.storage(),
             git::UserInfo {
diff --git a/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs b/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
index db3c4c31..813c7b1b 100644
--- a/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
+++ b/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ pub fn run(
     let signer = profile.signer()?;
     let mut line = String::new();
     let mut ok = HashSet::new();
+    let hints = profile.hints();
 
     assert_eq!(signer.public_key(), &nid);
 
@@ -242,14 +243,16 @@ pub fn run(
                                 // Not a rollback.
                                 && !rollback
                             {
-                                eprintln!(
-                                    "hint: you are attempting to push a commit that would \
-                                    cause your upstream to diverge from the canonical head"
-                                );
-                                eprintln!(
-                                    "hint: to integrate the remote changes, run `git pull --rebase` \
-                                    and try again"
+                                if hints {
+                                    eprintln!(
+                                        "hint: you are attempting to push a commit that would \
+                                        cause your upstream to diverge from the canonical head"
+                                    );
+                                    eprintln!(
+                                        "hint: to integrate the remote changes, run `git pull --rebase` \
+                                        and try again"
                                 );
+                                }
                                 return Err(Error::HeadsDiverge(head.into(), *canonical_oid));
                             }
                         }
@@ -283,6 +286,9 @@ pub fn run(
             if node.is_running() {
                 // Nb. allow this to fail. The push to local storage was still successful.
                 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`");
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/radicle/src/cli.rs b/radicle/src/cli.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1dc54c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/radicle/src/cli.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/// CLI configuration.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct Config {
+    /// Whether to show hints or not in the CLI.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub hints: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { hints: true }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/radicle/src/lib.rs b/radicle/src/lib.rs
index 07cf1889..82f73b0e 100644
--- a/radicle/src/lib.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ extern crate amplify;
 extern crate radicle_git_ext as git_ext;
 
 mod canonical;
+pub mod cli;
 pub mod cob;
 pub mod collections;
 pub mod git;
diff --git a/radicle/src/profile.rs b/radicle/src/profile.rs
index aed40fe9..dd05e0ac 100644
--- a/radicle/src/profile.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/profile.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use crate::prelude::Did;
 use crate::prelude::NodeId;
 use crate::storage::git::transport;
 use crate::storage::git::Storage;
-use crate::{git, node};
+use crate::{cli, git, node};
 
 /// Environment variables used by radicle.
 pub mod env {
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ pub mod env {
     pub const RAD_PASSPHRASE: &str = "RAD_PASSPHRASE";
     /// RNG seed. Must be convertible to a `u64`.
     pub const RAD_RNG_SEED: &str = "RAD_RNG_SEED";
+    /// Show radicle hints.
+    pub const RAD_HINT: &str = "RAD_HINT";
+
+    /// Whether or not to show hints.
+    pub fn hints() -> bool {
+        var(RAD_HINT).is_ok()
+    }
 
     /// Get the configured pager program from the environment.
     pub fn pager() -> Option<String> {
@@ -107,7 +114,10 @@ pub enum ConfigError {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct Config {
+    /// Node configuration.
     pub node: node::Config,
+    /// CLI configuration.
+    pub cli: cli::Config,
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -115,17 +125,9 @@ impl Config {
     pub fn init(alias: Alias, path: &Path) -> io::Result<Self> {
         let cfg = Self {
             node: node::Config::new(alias),
+            cli: cli::Config::default(),
         };
-        let mut file = fs::OpenOptions::new()
-            .create_new(true)
-            .write(true)
-            .open(path)?;
-        let formatter = serde_json::ser::PrettyFormatter::with_indent(b"  ");
-        let mut serializer = serde_json::Serializer::with_formatter(&file, formatter);
-
-        cfg.serialize(&mut serializer)?;
-        file.write_all(b"\n")?;
-        file.sync_all()?;
+        cfg.write(path)?;
 
         Ok(cfg)
     }
@@ -145,11 +147,28 @@ impl Config {
                 };
                 Ok(Config {
                     node: node::Config::new(alias),
+                    cli: cli::Config::default(),
                 })
             }
         }
     }
 
+    /// Write configuration to disk.
+    pub fn write(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+        let mut file = fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .create_new(true)
+            .write(true)
+            .open(path)?;
+        let formatter = serde_json::ser::PrettyFormatter::with_indent(b"  ");
+        let mut serializer = serde_json::Serializer::with_formatter(&file, formatter);
+
+        self.serialize(&mut serializer)?;
+        file.write_all(b"\n")?;
+        file.sync_all()?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Get the user alias.
     pub fn alias(&self) -> &Alias {
         &self.node.alias
@@ -226,6 +245,13 @@ impl Profile {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn hints(&self) -> bool {
+        if env::hints() {
+            return true;
+        }
+        self.config.cli.hints
+    }
+
     pub fn did(&self) -> Did {
         Did::from(self.public_key)
     }