diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index b14de6c407..87c13ab13e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
 
 
 --reference <repository>::
-	If the reference repository is on the local machine
+	If the reference repository is on the local machine,
 	automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
 	obtain objects from the reference repository.  Using
 	an already existing repository as an alternate will
diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index ba286e0160..6605e83407 100644
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -551,8 +551,10 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		option_no_checkout = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (transport)
+	if (transport) {
 		transport_unlock_pack(transport);
+		transport_disconnect(transport);
+	}
 
 	if (!option_no_checkout) {
 		struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
diff --git a/t/t5601-clone.sh b/t/t5601-clone.sh
index 2335d8bc85..214756731b 100755
--- a/t/t5601-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5601-clone.sh
@@ -149,11 +149,13 @@ test_expect_success 'clone a void' '
 	(
 		cd src-0 && git init
 	) &&
-	git clone src-0 target-6 &&
+	git clone "file://$(pwd)/src-0" target-6 2>err-6 &&
+	! grep "fatal:" err-6 &&
 	(
 		cd src-0 && test_commit A
 	) &&
-	git clone src-0 target-7 &&
+	git clone "file://$(pwd)/src-0" target-7 2>err-7 &&
+	! grep "fatal:" err-7 &&
 	# There is no reason to insist they are bit-for-bit
 	# identical, but this test should suffice for now.
 	test_cmp target-6/.git/config target-7/.git/config