diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork.go
index a49f5d567..73e269500 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork.go
@@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ func forkRun(opts *ForkOptions) error {
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
+
+					if connectedToTerminal {
+						fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "%s Renamed remote %s to %s\n", cs.SuccessIcon(), cs.Bold(remoteName), cs.Bold(renameTarget))
+					}
 				} else {
 					return fmt.Errorf("a git remote named '%s' already exists", remoteName)
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork_test.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork_test.go
index 0f94496f0..0252602fe 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork_test.go
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func TestRepoFork(t *testing.T) {
 					return true, nil
 				})
 			},
-			wantErrOut: "✓ Created fork someone/REPO\n✓ Added remote origin\n",
+			wantErrOut: "✓ Created fork someone/REPO\n✓ Renamed remote origin to upstream\n✓ Added remote origin\n",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "implicit tty reuse existing remote",
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ func TestRepoFork(t *testing.T) {
 				cs.Register("git remote rename origin upstream", 0, "")
 				cs.Register(`git remote add origin https://github.com/someone/REPO.git`, 0, "")
 			},
-			wantErrOut: "✓ Created fork someone/REPO\n✓ Added remote origin\n",
+			wantErrOut: "✓ Created fork someone/REPO\n✓ Renamed remote origin to upstream\n✓ Added remote origin\n",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "implicit nontty reuse existing remote",