diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
index 5c9e1a9ae33bfc785d13488dc67a2eecf646e0cb..cff72a4256f0c5c596a939cb6d7db89579a76e19 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
@@ -687,8 +687,22 @@ def check_filesystem_case_sensitive
   EOS
 end
 
+def __check_git_version
+  # https://help.github.com/articles/https-cloning-errors
+  `git --version`.chomp =~ /git version ((?:\d+\.?)+)/
+
+  if Version.new($1) < Version.new("1.7.10") then <<-EOS.undent
+    An outdated version of Git was detected in your PATH.
+    Git 1.7.10 or newer is required to perform checkouts over HTTPS from GitHub.
+    Please upgrade: brew upgrade git
+    EOS
+  end
+end
+
 def check_for_git
-  unless which "git" then <<-EOS.undent
+  if which "git"
+    __check_git_version
+  else <<-EOS.undent
     Git could not be found in your PATH.
     Homebrew uses Git for several internal functions, and some formulae use Git
     checkouts instead of stable tarballs. You may want to install Git:
@@ -902,20 +916,6 @@ def check_for_leopard_ssl
   end
 end
 
-def check_git_version
-  # https://help.github.com/articles/https-cloning-errors
-  return unless which "git"
-
-  `git --version`.chomp =~ /git version ((?:\d+\.?)+)/
-
-  if Version.new($1) < Version.new("1.7.10") then <<-EOS.undent
-    An outdated version of Git was detected in your PATH.
-    Git 1.7.10 or newer is required to perform checkouts over HTTPS from GitHub.
-    Please upgrade: brew upgrade git
-    EOS
-  end
-end
-
 def check_for_enthought_python
   if which "enpkg" then <<-EOS.undent
     Enthought Python was found in your PATH.