@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ def add_progress(kwargs, git, progress):
 
 #} END utilities
 
-def progress_object(progress):
+
+def to_progress_instance(progress):
     """Given the 'progress' return a suitable object derived from
     RemoteProgress().
     """
@@ -552,9 +553,8 @@ def update(self, **kwargs):
         self.repo.git.remote(scmd, self.name, **kwargs)
         return self
 
-
     def _get_fetch_info_from_stderr(self, proc, progress):
-        progress = progress_object(progress)
+        progress = to_progress_instance(progress)
 
         # skip first line as it is some remote info we are not interested in
         output = IterableList('name')
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ def _get_fetch_info_from_stderr(self, proc, progress):
         return output
 
     def _get_push_info(self, proc, progress):
-        progress = progress_object(progress)
+        progress = to_progress_instance(progress)
 
         # read progress information from stderr
         # we hope stdout can hold all the data, it should ...
@@ -715,26 +715,19 @@ def push(self, refspec=None, progress=None, **kwargs):
 
         :param refspec: see 'fetch' method
         :param progress:
-            If None, progress information will be discarded
-
-            No further progress information is returned after push returns.
-
-            A function (callable) that is called with the progress infomation:
-
-            progress( op_code, cur_count, max_count=None, message='' )
-
-            op_code is a bit mask of values defined in git.RemoteProgress
-
-            cur_count and max_count are float values.
-
-            max_count is None if there is no max_count
-
-            messages is '' if there is no additon message.
-
-            Deprecated: Pass in a class derived from git.RemoteProgres that
-            overrides the update() function.
-
-
+            Can take one of many value types:
+            
+            * None to discard progress information
+            * A function (callable) that is called with the progress infomation.
+            
+              Signature: ``progress(op_code, cur_count, max_count=None, message='')``.
+              
+             `Click here <http://goo.gl/NPa7st>`_ for a description of all arguments
+              given to the function.
+            * An instance of a class derived from ``git.RemoteProgress`` that
+              overrides the ``update()`` function.
+              
+        :note: No further progress information is returned after push returns.
         :param kwargs: Additional arguments to be passed to git-push
         :return:
             IterableList(PushInfo, ...) iterable list of PushInfo instances, each
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from git.remote import (
     Remote,
     add_progress,
-    progress_object
+    to_progress_instance
 )
 
 from git.db import GitCmdObjectDB
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ def init(cls, path=None, mkdir=True, odbt=DefaultDBType, **kwargs):
 
     @classmethod
     def _clone(cls, git, url, path, odb_default_type, progress, **kwargs):
-        progress = progress_object(progress)
+        progress = to_progress_instance(progress)
 
         # special handling for windows for path at which the clone should be
         # created.
 
@@ -179,11 +179,7 @@ class RemoteProgress(object):
     re_op_relative = re.compile(r"(remote: )?([\w\s]+):\s+(\d+)% \((\d+)/(\d+)\)(.*)")
 
     def __init__(self, progress_function=None):
-        if progress_function is not None:
-            self.__progress_function = progress_function
-        else:
-            self.__progress_function = self.update
-
+        self.__progress_function = progress_function if progress_function else self.update
         self._seen_ops = list()
         self._cur_line = None
 
@@ -273,9 +269,9 @@ def _parse_progress_line(self, line):
             message = message.strip(self.TOKEN_SEPARATOR)
 
             self.__progress_function(op_code,
-                        cur_count and float(cur_count),
-                        max_count and float(max_count),
-                        message)
+                                     cur_count and float(cur_count),
+                                     max_count and float(max_count),
+                                     message)
         # END for each sub line
         return failed_lines
 
@@ -319,6 +315,7 @@ def update(self, op_code, cur_count, max_count=None, message=''):
         You may read the contents of the current line in self._cur_line"""
         pass
 
+
 class Actor(object):
 
     """Actors hold information about a person acting on the repository. They