diff --git a/include/git2/remote.h b/include/git2/remote.h
index 244794e6a..e9e4e5b65 100644
--- a/include/git2/remote.h
+++ b/include/git2/remote.h
@@ -715,8 +715,8 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_prune(git_remote *remote, const git_remote_callbacks
  * Peform all the steps from a push.
  *
  * @param remote the remote to push to
- * @param refspecs the refspecs to use for pushing. If none are
- * passed, the configured refspecs will be used
+ * @param refspecs the refspecs to use for pushing. If NULL or an empty
+ *                 array, the configured refspecs will be used
  * @param opts options to use for this push
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_push(git_remote *remote,
diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index 15752ab27..d090fda61 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ int git_remote_push(git_remote *remote, const git_strarray *refspecs, const git_
 		proxy = &opts->proxy_opts;
 	}
 
-	assert(remote && refspecs);
+	assert(remote);
 
 	if ((error = git_remote_connect(remote, GIT_DIRECTION_PUSH, cbs, proxy, custom_headers)) < 0)
 		return error;