diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 2e1b2e486e..7f6e58d549 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1220,6 +1220,11 @@ fetch.prune::
 	If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
 	option was given on the command line.  See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
 
+fetch.output::
+	Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are
+	`full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section
+	OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail.
+
 format.attach::
 	Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
 	'format-patch'.  The value can also be a double quoted string
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index 771dde51cd..9e4216999d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ representing the status of a single ref. Each line is of the form:
 The status of up-to-date refs is shown only if the --verbose option is
 used.
 
+In compact output mode, specified with configuration variable
+fetch.output, if either entire `<from>` or `<to>` is found in the
+other string, it will be substituted with `*` in the other string. For
+example, `master -> origin/master` becomes `master -> origin/*`.
+
 flag::
 	A single character indicating the status of the ref:
 (space);; for a successfully fetched fast-forward;
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 2bc609b7f7..0a2eed1807 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ fail:
 }
 
 static int refcol_width = 10;
+static int compact_format;
 
 static void adjust_refcol_width(const struct ref *ref)
 {
@@ -462,6 +463,7 @@ static void adjust_refcol_width(const struct ref *ref)
 
 	max    = term_columns();
 	rlen   = utf8_strwidth(prettify_refname(ref->name));
+
 	llen   = utf8_strwidth(prettify_refname(ref->peer_ref->name));
 
 	/*
@@ -470,10 +472,19 @@ static void adjust_refcol_width(const struct ref *ref)
 	 * anyway because we don't know if the error explanation part
 	 * will be printed in update_local_ref)
 	 */
+	if (compact_format) {
+		llen = 0;
+		max = max * 2 / 3;
+	}
 	len = 21 /* flag and summary */ + rlen + 4 /* -> */ + llen;
 	if (len >= max)
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Not precise calculation for compact mode because '*' can
+	 * appear on the left hand side of '->' and shrink the column
+	 * back.
+	 */
 	if (refcol_width < rlen)
 		refcol_width = rlen;
 }
@@ -481,6 +492,16 @@ static void adjust_refcol_width(const struct ref *ref)
 static void prepare_format_display(struct ref *ref_map)
 {
 	struct ref *rm;
+	const char *format = "full";
+
+	git_config_get_string_const("fetch.output", &format);
+	if (!strcasecmp(format, "full"))
+		compact_format = 0;
+	else if (!strcasecmp(format, "compact"))
+		compact_format = 1;
+	else
+		die(_("configuration fetch.output contains invalid value %s"),
+		    format);
 
 	for (rm = ref_map; rm; rm = rm->next) {
 		if (rm->status == REF_STATUS_REJECT_SHALLOW ||
@@ -492,12 +513,66 @@ static void prepare_format_display(struct ref *ref_map)
 	}
 }
 
+static void print_remote_to_local(struct strbuf *display,
+				  const char *remote, const char *local)
+{
+	strbuf_addf(display, "%-*s -> %s", refcol_width, remote, local);
+}
+
+static int find_and_replace(struct strbuf *haystack,
+			    const char *needle,
+			    const char *placeholder)
+{
+	const char *p = strstr(haystack->buf, needle);
+	int plen, nlen;
+
+	if (!p)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (p > haystack->buf && p[-1] != '/')
+		return 0;
+
+	plen = strlen(p);
+	nlen = strlen(needle);
+	if (plen > nlen && p[nlen] != '/')
+		return 0;
+
+	strbuf_splice(haystack, p - haystack->buf, nlen,
+		      placeholder, strlen(placeholder));
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static void print_compact(struct strbuf *display,
+			  const char *remote, const char *local)
+{
+	struct strbuf r = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf l = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	if (!strcmp(remote, local)) {
+		strbuf_addf(display, "%-*s -> *", refcol_width, remote);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	strbuf_addstr(&r, remote);
+	strbuf_addstr(&l, local);
+
+	if (!find_and_replace(&r, local, "*"))
+		find_and_replace(&l, remote, "*");
+	print_remote_to_local(display, r.buf, l.buf);
+
+	strbuf_release(&r);
+	strbuf_release(&l);
+}
+
 static void format_display(struct strbuf *display, char code,
 			   const char *summary, const char *error,
 			   const char *remote, const char *local)
 {
 	strbuf_addf(display, "%c %-*s ", code, TRANSPORT_SUMMARY(summary));
-	strbuf_addf(display, "%-*s -> %s", refcol_width, remote, local);
+	if (!compact_format)
+		print_remote_to_local(display, remote, local);
+	else
+		print_compact(display, remote, local);
 	if (error)
 		strbuf_addf(display, "  (%s)", error);
 }
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index f50497eaa1..603277655b 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch aligned output' '
 	test_commit looooooooooooong-tag &&
 	(
 		cd full-output &&
-		git fetch origin 2>&1 | \
+		git -c fetch.output=full fetch origin 2>&1 | \
 			grep -e "->" | cut -c 22- >../actual
 	) &&
 	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
@@ -703,4 +703,19 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch aligned output' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fetch compact output' '
+	git clone . compact &&
+	test_commit extraaa &&
+	(
+		cd compact &&
+		git -c fetch.output=compact fetch origin 2>&1 | \
+			grep -e "->" | cut -c 22- >../actual
+	) &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	master     -> origin/*
+	extraaa    -> *
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done