diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index f0fb25a371..43f5e6fd6d 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -495,8 +495,6 @@ include::config/repack.txt[]
 
 include::config/rerere.txt[]
 
-include::config/reset.txt[]
-
 include::config/sendemail.txt[]
 
 include::config/sequencer.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
index c40eb09cb7..83c2a95661 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ advice.*::
 	commitBeforeMerge::
 		Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
 		merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
-	resetQuiet::
-		Advice to consider using the `--quiet` option to linkgit:git-reset[1]
-		when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate unstaged
-		changes after reset.
+	resetNoRefresh::
+		Advice to consider using the `--no-refresh` option to
+		linkgit:git-reset[1] when the command takes more than 2 seconds
+		to refresh the index after reset.
 	resolveConflict::
 		Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
 		prevent the operation from being performed.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/reset.txt b/Documentation/config/reset.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 63b7c45aac..0000000000
--- a/Documentation/config/reset.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-reset.quiet::
-	When set to true, 'git reset' will default to the '--quiet' option.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 6f7685f53d..01cb4c9b9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -105,10 +105,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -q::
 --quiet::
---no-quiet::
-	Be quiet, only report errors. The default behavior is set by the
-	`reset.quiet` config option. `--quiet` and `--no-quiet` will
-	override the default behavior.
+	Be quiet, only report errors.
+
+--refresh::
+--no-refresh::
+	Refresh the index after a mixed reset. Enabled by default.
 
 --pathspec-from-file=<file>::
 	Pathspec is passed in `<file>` instead of commandline args. If
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index 2e1fd48304..cb755c551a 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static struct {
 	[ADVICE_PUSH_NON_FF_MATCHING]			= { "pushNonFFMatching", 1 },
 	[ADVICE_PUSH_UNQUALIFIED_REF_NAME]		= { "pushUnqualifiedRefName", 1 },
 	[ADVICE_PUSH_UPDATE_REJECTED]			= { "pushUpdateRejected", 1 },
-	[ADVICE_RESET_QUIET_WARNING]			= { "resetQuiet", 1 },
+	[ADVICE_RESET_NO_REFRESH_WARNING]		= { "resetNoRefresh", 1 },
 	[ADVICE_RESOLVE_CONFLICT]			= { "resolveConflict", 1 },
 	[ADVICE_RM_HINTS]				= { "rmHints", 1 },
 	[ADVICE_SEQUENCER_IN_USE]			= { "sequencerInUse", 1 },
diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h
index a3957123a1..f95af70ced 100644
--- a/advice.h
+++ b/advice.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct string_list;
 	ADVICE_PUSH_UPDATE_REJECTED_ALIAS,
 	ADVICE_PUSH_UPDATE_REJECTED,
 	ADVICE_PUSH_REF_NEEDS_UPDATE,
-	ADVICE_RESET_QUIET_WARNING,
+	ADVICE_RESET_NO_REFRESH_WARNING,
 	ADVICE_RESOLVE_CONFLICT,
 	ADVICE_RM_HINTS,
 	ADVICE_SEQUENCER_IN_USE,
diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c
index 6e65e90c5d..344fff8f3a 100644
--- a/builtin/reset.c
+++ b/builtin/reset.c
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ static int git_reset_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int reset_type = NONE, update_ref_status = 0, quiet = 0;
+	int no_refresh = 0;
 	int patch_mode = 0, pathspec_file_nul = 0, unborn;
 	const char *rev, *pathspec_from_file = NULL;
 	struct object_id oid;
@@ -399,6 +400,8 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int intent_to_add = 0;
 	const struct option options[] = {
 		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("be quiet, only report errors")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-refresh", &no_refresh,
+				N_("skip refreshing the index after reset")),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "mixed", &reset_type,
 						N_("reset HEAD and index"), MIXED),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "soft", &reset_type, N_("reset only HEAD"), SOFT),
@@ -420,7 +423,6 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	};
 
 	git_config(git_reset_config, NULL);
-	git_config_get_bool("reset.quiet", &quiet);
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, git_reset_usage,
 						PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
@@ -517,17 +519,16 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			if (read_from_tree(&pathspec, &oid, intent_to_add))
 				return 1;
 			the_index.updated_skipworktree = 1;
-			if (!quiet && get_git_work_tree()) {
+			if (!no_refresh && get_git_work_tree()) {
 				uint64_t t_begin, t_delta_in_ms;
 
 				t_begin = getnanotime();
 				refresh_index(&the_index, flags, NULL, NULL,
 					      _("Unstaged changes after reset:"));
 				t_delta_in_ms = (getnanotime() - t_begin) / 1000000;
-				if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_RESET_QUIET_WARNING) && t_delta_in_ms > REFRESH_INDEX_DELAY_WARNING_IN_MS) {
-					printf(_("\nIt took %.2f seconds to enumerate unstaged changes after reset.  You can\n"
-						"use '--quiet' to avoid this.  Set the config setting reset.quiet to true\n"
-						"to make this the default.\n"), t_delta_in_ms / 1000.0);
+				if (!quiet && advice_enabled(ADVICE_RESET_NO_REFRESH_WARNING) && t_delta_in_ms > REFRESH_INDEX_DELAY_WARNING_IN_MS) {
+					advise(_("It took %.2f seconds to refresh the index after reset.  You can use\n"
+						 "'--no-refresh' to avoid this."), t_delta_in_ms / 1000.0);
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c
index ccdfdab44b..0c7b6a9588 100644
--- a/builtin/stash.c
+++ b/builtin/stash.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int reset_head(void)
 	 * API for resetting.
 	 */
 	cp.git_cmd = 1;
-	strvec_push(&cp.args, "reset");
+	strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "reset", "--quiet", "--refresh", NULL);
 
 	return run_command(&cp);
 }
@@ -1622,7 +1622,8 @@ static int do_push_stash(const struct pathspec *ps, const char *stash_msg, int q
 			struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 
 			cp.git_cmd = 1;
-			strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "reset", "-q", "--", NULL);
+			strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "reset", "-q", "--refresh", "--",
+				     NULL);
 			add_pathspecs(&cp.args, ps);
 			if (run_command(&cp)) {
 				ret = -1;
diff --git a/contrib/scalar/scalar.c b/contrib/scalar/scalar.c
index 7db2a97416..58ca0e56f1 100644
--- a/contrib/scalar/scalar.c
+++ b/contrib/scalar/scalar.c
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ static int set_recommended_config(int reconfigure)
 		{ "pack.useBitmaps", "false", 1 },
 		{ "pack.useSparse", "true", 1 },
 		{ "receive.autoGC", "false", 1 },
-		{ "reset.quiet", "true", 1 },
 		{ "feature.manyFiles", "false", 1 },
 		{ "feature.experimental", "false", 1 },
 		{ "fetch.unpackLimit", "1", 1 },
diff --git a/t/t3903-stash.sh b/t/t3903-stash.sh
index 42638b11d8..4abbc8fcca 100755
--- a/t/t3903-stash.sh
+++ b/t/t3903-stash.sh
@@ -302,6 +302,18 @@ test_expect_success 'apply -q is quiet' '
 	test_must_be_empty output.out
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'apply --index -q is quiet' '
+	# Added file, deleted file, modified file all staged for commit
+	echo foo >new-file &&
+	echo test >file &&
+	git add new-file file &&
+	git rm other-file &&
+
+	git stash &&
+	git stash apply --index -q >output.out 2>&1 &&
+	test_must_be_empty output.out
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'save -q is quiet' '
 	git stash save --quiet >output.out 2>&1 &&
 	test_must_be_empty output.out
@@ -332,6 +344,27 @@ test_expect_success 'drop -q is quiet' '
 	test_must_be_empty output.out
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'stash push -q --staged refreshes the index' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	echo test >file &&
+	git add file &&
+	git stash push -q --staged &&
+	git diff-files >output.out &&
+	test_must_be_empty output.out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'stash apply -q --index refreshes the index' '
+	echo test >other-file &&
+	git add other-file &&
+	echo another-change >other-file &&
+	git diff-files >expect &&
+	git stash &&
+
+	git stash apply -q --index &&
+	git diff-files >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'stash -k' '
 	echo bar3 >file &&
 	echo bar4 >file2 &&
diff --git a/t/t7102-reset.sh b/t/t7102-reset.sh
index d05426062e..22477f3a31 100755
--- a/t/t7102-reset.sh
+++ b/t/t7102-reset.sh
@@ -462,14 +462,40 @@ test_expect_success 'resetting an unmodified path is a no-op' '
 	git diff-index --cached --exit-code HEAD
 '
 
+test_reset_refreshes_index () {
+
+	# To test whether the index is refreshed in `git reset --mixed` with
+	# the given options, create a scenario where we clearly see different
+	# results depending on whether the refresh occurred or not.
+
+	# Step 0: start with a clean index
+	git reset --hard HEAD &&
+
+	# Step 1: remove file2, but only in the index (no change to worktree)
+	git rm --cached file2 &&
+
+	# Step 2: reset index & leave worktree unchanged from HEAD
+	git $1 reset $2 --mixed HEAD &&
+
+	# Step 3: verify whether the index is refreshed by checking whether
+	# file2 still has staged changes in the index differing from HEAD (if
+	# the refresh occurred, there should be no such changes)
+	git diff-files >output.log &&
+	test_must_be_empty output.log
+}
+
 test_expect_success '--mixed refreshes the index' '
-	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
-	Unstaged changes after reset:
-	M	file2
-	EOF
-	echo 123 >>file2 &&
-	git reset --mixed HEAD >output &&
-	test_cmp expect output
+	# Verify default behavior (without --[no-]refresh or reset.refresh)
+	test_reset_refreshes_index &&
+
+	# With --quiet
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "" --quiet
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--mixed --[no-]refresh sets refresh behavior' '
+	# Verify that --[no-]refresh controls index refresh
+	test_reset_refreshes_index "" --refresh &&
+	! test_reset_refreshes_index "" --no-refresh
 '
 
 test_expect_success '--mixed preserves skip-worktree' '