diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/BatchRefUpdate.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/BatchRefUpdate.java
index 3043d4f..3c5ecfb 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/BatchRefUpdate.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/BatchRefUpdate.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
+import org.eclipse.jgit.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RefUpdate.Result;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevWalk;
@@ -323,9 +324,11 @@
 	/**
 	 * Gets the list of option strings associated with this update.
 	 *
-	 * @return pushOptions
+	 * @return push options that were passed to {@link #execute}; prior to calling
+	 *         {@link #execute}, always returns null.
 	 * @since 4.5
 	 */
+	@Nullable
 	public List<String> getPushOptions() {
 		return pushOptions;
 	}