diff --git a/ObjectiveGit/GTRepository+Stashing.h b/ObjectiveGit/GTRepository+Stashing.h
index 10f3e3773..364d8a720 100644
--- a/ObjectiveGit/GTRepository+Stashing.h
+++ b/ObjectiveGit/GTRepository+Stashing.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 ///
 /// index         - The index of the stash to apply. 0 is the latest one.
 /// flags         - The flags to use when applying the stash.
-/// options       - The options to use when checking out.
+/// options       - The options to use when checking out (if nil, use the defaults provided by libgit2).
 /// error         - If not NULL, set to any error that occurred.
 /// progressBlock - A block that will be executed on each step of the stash application.
 ///
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 ///
 /// index         - The index of the stash to apply. 0 is the most recent stash.
 /// flags         - The flags to use when applying the stash.
-/// options       - The options to use when checking out.
+/// options       - The options to use when checking out (if nil, use the defaults provided by libgit2).
 /// error         - If not NULL, set to any error that occurred.
 /// progressBlock - A block that will be executed on each step of the stash application.
 ///
diff --git a/ObjectiveGit/GTRepository+Stashing.m b/ObjectiveGit/GTRepository+Stashing.m
index 10a95c8fd..981a53d6f 100644
--- a/ObjectiveGit/GTRepository+Stashing.m
+++ b/ObjectiveGit/GTRepository+Stashing.m
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ - (BOOL)applyStashAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index flags:(GTRepositoryStashApplyFlag)fl
 	git_stash_apply_options stash_options = GIT_STASH_APPLY_OPTIONS_INIT;
 
 	stash_options.flags = (git_stash_apply_flags)flags;
+	
 	if (progressBlock != nil) {
 		stash_options.progress_cb = stashApplyProgressCallback;
 		stash_options.progress_payload = (__bridge void *)progressBlock;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ - (BOOL)popStashAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index flags:(GTRepositoryStashApplyFlag)flag
 	git_stash_apply_options stash_options = GIT_STASH_APPLY_OPTIONS_INIT;
 
 	stash_options.flags = (git_stash_apply_flags)flags;
+
 	if (progressBlock != nil) {
 		stash_options.progress_cb = stashApplyProgressCallback;
 		stash_options.progress_payload = (__bridge void *)progressBlock;