diff --git a/docs/useClickAway.md b/docs/useClickAway.md
index 1231909080..84f83cabdb 100644
--- a/docs/useClickAway.md
+++ b/docs/useClickAway.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {useClickAway} from 'react-use';
 const Demo = () => {
   const ref = useRef(null);
   useClickAway(ref, () => {
-    alert('OUTSIDE CLICKED');
+    console.log('OUTSIDE CLICKED');
   });
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/__stories__/useClickAway.story.tsx b/src/__stories__/useClickAway.story.tsx
index 9f7c2dd653..67c8c75a36 100644
--- a/src/__stories__/useClickAway.story.tsx
+++ b/src/__stories__/useClickAway.story.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions';
 import { storiesOf } from '@storybook/react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { useRef } from 'react';
@@ -6,9 +7,7 @@ import ShowDocs from './util/ShowDocs';
 
 const Demo = () => {
   const ref = useRef(null);
-  useClickAway(ref, () => {
-    alert('OUTSIDE CLICKED');
-  });
+  useClickAway(ref, action('outside clicked'));
 
   return (
     <div
diff --git a/src/useClickAway.ts b/src/useClickAway.ts
index b5788863ef..23933b546f 100644
--- a/src/useClickAway.ts
+++ b/src/useClickAway.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { RefObject, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { RefObject, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { off, on } from './util';
 
 const defaultEvents = ['mousedown', 'touchstart'];
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ const useClickAway = (
   onClickAway: (event: KeyboardEvent) => void,
   events: string[] = defaultEvents
 ) => {
+  const savedCallback = useRef(onClickAway);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    savedCallback.current = onClickAway;
+  }, [onClickAway]);
   useEffect(() => {
     const handler = event => {
       const { current: el } = ref;
-      el && !el.contains(event.target) && onClickAway(event);
+      el && !el.contains(event.target) && savedCallback.current(event);
     };
     for (const eventName of events) {
       on(document, eventName, handler);
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ const useClickAway = (
         off(document, eventName, handler);
       }
     };
-  });
+  }, [events, ref]);
 };
 
 export default useClickAway;