diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index bd245fa..f4fc8c5 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -205,14 +205,6 @@ If somehow your workflow relies on having these in the old place:
 % git config --global remote-hg.show-private-refs true
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-The `refs/notes/hg` mentioned above that provide info on corresponding hg
-changeset are so far only updated upon a fetch.  If you prefer to have
-these notes as soon as possible, then a push can be made to do some extra
-work on this:
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-% git config --global remote-hg.push-updates-notes true
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-
 === Helper Commands ===
 
 Beyond that, a 'git-hg-helper' script has been added that can aid in the git-hg
diff --git a/doc/git-remote-hg.txt b/doc/git-remote-hg.txt
index c122a08..9c290b2 100644
--- a/doc/git-remote-hg.txt
+++ b/doc/git-remote-hg.txt
@@ -84,13 +84,6 @@ maintained not so visibly.  If that, however, would be preferred:
 % git config --global remote-hg.show-private-refs true
 --------------------------------------
 
-By default, the refs/notes/hg are not updated upon push, though such can be
-enabled:
-
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-% git config --global remote-hg.push-updates-notes true
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-
 NOTES
 -----
 
diff --git a/git-remote-hg b/git-remote-hg
index a8e4784..cbc7efc 100755
--- a/git-remote-hg
+++ b/git-remote-hg
@@ -1573,9 +1573,9 @@ def do_push(parser):
             die('unhandled push command: %s' % (line))
     print
     # at this stage, all external processes are done, marks files written
-    # so we can use those do update notes if so desired
-    if get_config_bool('remote-hg.push-updates-notes') and revs:
-        update_notes(revs, "Update notes on push")
+    # so we can use those to update notes
+    # do so unconditionally because we can and should ....
+    update_notes(revs, "Update notes on push")
 
 def do_option(parser):
     global dry_run, force_push