#include "cache.h"
 #include "refs.h"
-#include <ctype.h>
 
 static const char git_update_ref_usage[] = "git-update-ref <refname> <value> [<oldval>]";
 
 
        if (oldval) {
                if (memcmp(currsha1, oldsha1, 20))
-                       die("Ref %s changed to %s", refname, sha1_to_hex(currsha1));
+                       die("Ref %s is at %s but expected %s", refname, sha1_to_hex(currsha1), sha1_to_hex(oldsha1));
                /* Nothing to do? */
                if (!memcmp(oldsha1, sha1, 20))
                        exit(0);