diff --git a/ide/git/src/org/netbeans/modules/git/ui/repository/RevisionInfoPanelController.java b/ide/git/src/org/netbeans/modules/git/ui/repository/RevisionInfoPanelController.java
index 1cd5cb40ecd2..ba2b4373e35e 100644
--- a/ide/git/src/org/netbeans/modules/git/ui/repository/RevisionInfoPanelController.java
+++ b/ide/git/src/org/netbeans/modules/git/ui/repository/RevisionInfoPanelController.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.AmbiguousObjectException;
 import org.netbeans.modules.git.client.GitClient;
 import org.netbeans.libs.git.GitException;
 import org.netbeans.libs.git.GitRevisionInfo;
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ public void run () {
                     mergedStatus = commonAncestor != null && commonAncestor.getRevision().equals(revisionInfo.getRevision());
                 }
             } catch (GitException ex) {
-                if (!(ex instanceof GitException.MissingObjectException)) {
+                if (!(ex instanceof GitException.MissingObjectException || ex.getCause() instanceof AmbiguousObjectException)) {
                     GitClientExceptionHandler.notifyException(ex, true);
                 }
                 revisionInfo = null;
diff --git a/ide/libs.git/src/org/netbeans/libs/git/jgit/Bundle.properties b/ide/libs.git/src/org/netbeans/libs/git/jgit/Bundle.properties
index dd4408f81b1e..81064be592e0 100644
--- a/ide/libs.git/src/org/netbeans/libs/git/jgit/Bundle.properties
+++ b/ide/libs.git/src/org/netbeans/libs/git/jgit/Bundle.properties
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 # under the License.
 
 MSG_Exception_IdNotACommit = The given id [{0}] is not a commit or an annotated tag.
-MSG_Exception_IdNotUnique = Given objectId [{0}] is not unique.
\ No newline at end of file
+MSG_Exception_IdAmbiguous = The given objectId [{0}] is ambiguous.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ide/libs.git/src/org/netbeans/libs/git/jgit/Utils.java b/ide/libs.git/src/org/netbeans/libs/git/jgit/Utils.java
index 9a37e9c752c9..1133ea56e000 100644
--- a/ide/libs.git/src/org/netbeans/libs/git/jgit/Utils.java
+++ b/ide/libs.git/src/org/netbeans/libs/git/jgit/Utils.java
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public static ObjectId parseObjectId (Repository repository, String objectId) th
         } catch (RevisionSyntaxException ex) {
             throw new GitException.MissingObjectException(objectId, GitObjectType.COMMIT, ex);
         } catch (AmbiguousObjectException ex) {
-            throw new GitException(MessageFormat.format(Utils.getBundle(Utils.class).getString("MSG_Exception_IdNotACommit"), objectId), ex); //NOI18N
+            throw new GitException(MessageFormat.format(Utils.getBundle(Utils.class).getString("MSG_Exception_IdAmbiguous"), objectId), ex); //NOI18N
         } catch (IOException ex) {
             throw new GitException(ex);
         }