diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index 6b879d805c..66461fdce9 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static struct {
 	[ADVICE_COMMIT_BEFORE_MERGE]			= { "commitBeforeMerge" },
 	[ADVICE_DETACHED_HEAD]				= { "detachedHead" },
 	[ADVICE_DIVERGING]				= { "diverging" },
+	[ADVICE_FETCH_SET_HEAD_WARN]			= { "fetchRemoteHEADWarn" },
 	[ADVICE_FETCH_SHOW_FORCED_UPDATES]		= { "fetchShowForcedUpdates" },
 	[ADVICE_FORCE_DELETE_BRANCH]			= { "forceDeleteBranch" },
 	[ADVICE_GRAFT_FILE_DEPRECATED]			= { "graftFileDeprecated" },
diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h
index d7466bc0ef..cf2284ec43 100644
--- a/advice.h
+++ b/advice.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ enum advice_type {
 	ADVICE_COMMIT_BEFORE_MERGE,
 	ADVICE_DETACHED_HEAD,
 	ADVICE_DIVERGING,
+	ADVICE_FETCH_SET_HEAD_WARN,
 	ADVICE_FETCH_SHOW_FORCED_UPDATES,
 	ADVICE_FORCE_DELETE_BRANCH,
 	ADVICE_GRAFT_FILE_DEPRECATED,
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 88c5c5d781..897e71325f 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -1579,6 +1579,17 @@ static const char *strip_refshead(const char *name){
 	return name;
 }
 
+static void set_head_advice_msg(const char *remote, const char *head_name)
+{
+	const char message_advice_set_head[] =
+	N_("Run 'git remote set-head %s %s' to follow the change, or set\n"
+	   "'remote.%s.followRemoteHEAD' configuration option to a different value\n"
+	   "if you do not want to see this message.");
+
+	advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_FETCH_SET_HEAD_WARN, _(message_advice_set_head),
+			remote, head_name, remote);
+}
+
 static void report_set_head(const char *remote, const char *head_name,
 			struct strbuf *buf_prev, int updateres) {
 	struct strbuf buf_prefix = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -1590,15 +1601,13 @@ static void report_set_head(const char *remote, const char *head_name,
 	if (prev_head && strcmp(prev_head, head_name)) {
 		printf("'HEAD' at '%s' is '%s', but we have '%s' locally.\n",
 			remote, head_name, prev_head);
-		printf("Run 'git remote set-head %s %s' to follow the change.\n",
-			remote, head_name);
+		set_head_advice_msg(remote, head_name);
 	}
 	else if (updateres && buf_prev->len) {
 		printf("'HEAD' at '%s' is '%s', "
 			"but we have a detached HEAD pointing to '%s' locally.\n",
 			remote, head_name, buf_prev->buf);
-		printf("Run 'git remote set-head %s %s' to follow the change.\n",
-			remote, head_name);
+		set_head_advice_msg(remote, head_name);
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&buf_prefix);
 }
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index 2467027d34..5c96591b9e 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ test_expect_success "fetch test followRemoteHEAD warn no change" '
 		git fetch >output &&
 		echo "${SQ}HEAD${SQ} at ${SQ}origin${SQ} is ${SQ}main${SQ}," \
 			"but we have ${SQ}other${SQ} locally." >expect &&
-		echo "Run ${SQ}git remote set-head origin main${SQ} to follow the change." >>expect &&
 		test_cmp expect output &&
 		head=$(git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/HEAD) &&
 		branch=$(git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/other) &&
@@ -161,7 +160,6 @@ test_expect_success "fetch test followRemoteHEAD warn detached" '
 		echo "${SQ}HEAD${SQ} at ${SQ}origin${SQ} is ${SQ}main${SQ}," \
 			"but we have a detached HEAD pointing to" \
 			"${SQ}${HEAD}${SQ} locally." >expect &&
-		echo "Run ${SQ}git remote set-head origin main${SQ} to follow the change." >>expect &&
 		test_cmp expect output
 	)
 '