#include "parse-options.h"
 
 static const char * const git_symbolic_ref_usage[] = {
-       N_("git symbolic-ref [options] name [ref]"),
-       N_("git symbolic-ref -d [-q] name"),
+       N_("git symbolic-ref [<options>] <name> [<ref>]"),
+       N_("git symbolic-ref -d [-q] <name>"),
        NULL
 };
 
                if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD") &&
                    !starts_with(argv[1], "refs/"))
                        die("Refusing to point HEAD outside of refs/");
-               create_symref(argv[0], argv[1], msg);
+               ret = !!create_symref(argv[0], argv[1], msg);
                break;
        default:
                usage_with_options(git_symbolic_ref_usage, options);