diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f5f13c3f88..4ca82dcea0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ git-annex (10.20230927) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     to tune the output of the above added options.
   * Fix bug in git-annex copy --from --to that skipped files that were
     locally present.
+  * Make git-annex copy --from --to --fast actually fast.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:17:31 -0400
 
diff --git a/Command/Move.hs b/Command/Move.hs
index 3a7dc4859f..2e450b3e4a 100644
--- a/Command/Move.hs
+++ b/Command/Move.hs
@@ -345,7 +345,13 @@ fromToStart removewhen afile key ai si src dest =
 					starting (describeMoveAction removewhen) (OnlyActionOn key ai) si $
 						fromToPerform src dest removewhen key afile
   where
-	somethingtodo = pure (Remote.uuid src /= Remote.uuid dest)
+	somethingtodo
+		| Remote.uuid src == Remote.uuid dest = return False
+		| otherwise = do
+			fast <- Annex.getRead Annex.fast
+			if fast && removewhen == RemoveNever
+				then not <$> expectedPresent dest key
+				else return True
 
 {- When there is a local copy, transfer it to the dest, and drop from the src.
  -
diff --git a/doc/bugs/copy_--fast_--from_--to_checks_destination_files.mdwn b/doc/bugs/copy_--fast_--from_--to_checks_destination_files.mdwn
index 3c140823c6..64cf7c1025 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/copy_--fast_--from_--to_checks_destination_files.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/copy_--fast_--from_--to_checks_destination_files.mdwn
@@ -84,3 +84,5 @@ and then in conda with `10.20230626-g801c4b7`
 
 [[!meta author=yoh]]
 [[!tag projects/dandi]]
+
+> [[fixed|done]] --[[Joey]]
diff --git a/doc/bugs/copy_--fast_--from_--to_checks_destination_files/comment_1_2a2997e6f914afb0477f2baa69b174fc._comment b/doc/bugs/copy_--fast_--from_--to_checks_destination_files/comment_1_2a2997e6f914afb0477f2baa69b174fc._comment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5682b0cc8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/bugs/copy_--fast_--from_--to_checks_destination_files/comment_1_2a2997e6f914afb0477f2baa69b174fc._comment
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2023-11-17T20:57:19Z"
+ content="""
+> but it doesn't works out correctly whenever there are some files to actually copy
+
+I think that was due to the bug you linked, which is now fixed.
+
+I've confirmed that `--fast` is not actually implemented for `git-annex
+copy --from --to`. Explicitly specifying `--not --in destremote` is a
+fine workaround. But I've gone ahead and implemented `--fast` for it too.
+"""]]
diff --git a/doc/bugs/copy_--fast_--from_--to_checks_destination_files/comment_2_f7bf30e8cc2d1995976bde723dfbfe01._comment b/doc/bugs/copy_--fast_--from_--to_checks_destination_files/comment_2_f7bf30e8cc2d1995976bde723dfbfe01._comment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a12cc7c372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/bugs/copy_--fast_--from_--to_checks_destination_files/comment_2_f7bf30e8cc2d1995976bde723dfbfe01._comment
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 2"""
+ date="2023-11-17T21:16:35Z"
+ content="""
+BTW `git-annex find --print0`  is the output eqivilant of -z.
+"""]]