#include "parse-options.h"
 
 static const char * const push_usage[] = {
-       "git push [<options>] [<repository> <refspec>...]",
+       "git push [<options>] [<repository> [<refspec>...]]",
        NULL,
 };
 
        struct branch *branch = branch_get(NULL);
        if (!branch)
                die("You are not currently on a branch.");
-       if (!branch->merge_nr)
+       if (!branch->merge_nr || !branch->merge)
                die("The current branch %s is not tracking anything.",
                    branch->name);
        if (branch->merge_nr != 1)