struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
        struct branch *branch = branch_get(new->name);
 
-       if (!format_tracking_info(branch, &sb))
+       if (!format_tracking_info(branch, &sb, AHEAD_BEHIND_FULL))
                return;
        fputs(sb.buf, stdout);
        strbuf_release(&sb);
 
 /*
  * Return true when there is anything to report, otherwise false.
  */
-int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb)
+int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
+                        enum ahead_behind_flags abf)
 {
-       int ours, theirs;
+       int ours, theirs, sti;
        const char *full_base;
        char *base;
        int upstream_is_gone = 0;
 
-       if (stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs, &full_base,
-                              AHEAD_BEHIND_FULL) < 0) {
+       sti = stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs, &full_base, abf);
+       if (sti < 0) {
                if (!full_base)
                        return 0;
                upstream_is_gone = 1;
                if (advice_status_hints)
                        strbuf_addstr(sb,
                                _("  (use \"git branch --unset-upstream\" to fixup)\n"));
-       } else if (!ours && !theirs) {
+       } else if (!sti) {
                strbuf_addf(sb,
                        _("Your branch is up to date with '%s'.\n"),
                        base);
+       } else if (abf == AHEAD_BEHIND_QUICK) {
+               strbuf_addf(sb,
+                           _("Your branch and '%s' refer to different commits.\n"),
+                           base);
+               if (advice_status_hints)
+                       strbuf_addf(sb, _("  (use \"%s\" for details)\n"),
+                                   "git status --ahead-behind");
        } else if (!theirs) {
                strbuf_addf(sb,
                        Q_("Your branch is ahead of '%s' by %d commit.\n",
 
 /* Reporting of tracking info */
 int stat_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, int *num_ours, int *num_theirs,
                       const char **upstream_name, enum ahead_behind_flags abf);
-int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb);
+int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
+                        enum ahead_behind_flags abf);
 
 struct ref *get_local_heads(void);
 /*
 
        test_i18ncmp expect actual
 '
 
+cat >expect <<\EOF
+On branch b1
+Your branch and 'origin/master' have diverged,
+and have 1 and 1 different commits each, respectively.
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'status --long --branch' '
+       (
+               cd test &&
+               git checkout b1 >/dev/null &&
+               git status --long -b | head -3
+       ) >actual &&
+       test_i18ncmp expect actual
+'
+
+cat >expect <<\EOF
+On branch b1
+Your branch and 'origin/master' refer to different commits.
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'status --long --branch --no-ahead-behind' '
+       (
+               cd test &&
+               git checkout b1 >/dev/null &&
+               git status --long -b --no-ahead-behind | head -2
+       ) >actual &&
+       test_i18ncmp expect actual
+'
+
 cat >expect <<\EOF
 ## b5...brokenbase [gone]
 EOF
 
        if (!skip_prefix(s->branch, "refs/heads/", &branch_name))
                return;
        branch = branch_get(branch_name);
-       if (!format_tracking_info(branch, &sb))
+       if (!format_tracking_info(branch, &sb, s->ahead_behind_flags))
                return;
 
        i = 0;