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diff --git a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
index b49bdb690..cafc4eba7 100644
--- a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 static const char * const git_symbolic_ref_usage[] = {
-	"git-symbolic-ref [options] name [ref]",
+	"git symbolic-ref [options] name [ref]",
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		check_symref(argv[0], quiet);
 		break;
 	case 2:
+		if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD") &&
+		    prefixcmp(argv[1], "refs/heads/"))
+			die("Refusing to point HEAD outside of refs/heads/");
 		create_symref(argv[0], argv[1], msg);
 		break;
 	default: