diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a56961d43..8714ce08b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The location of your "package.json".
 
 Type: `function` Default: pass through
 
-A function that takes `package.json` data as the argument and returns the modified data. Note this is performed on the normalized package.json data. Useful when you need to add a leading 'v' to your version, etc.
+A function that takes `package.json` data as the argument and returns the modified data. Note this is performed before normalizing package.json data. Useful when you need to add a leading 'v' to your version or modify your repository url, etc.
 
 ##### append
 
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index a98319d21..3409acd3d 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe('conventionalChangelog', function() {
         path: __dirname + '/fixtures/_short.json',
         transform: function(pkg) {
           pkg.version = 'v' + pkg.version;
-          pkg.repository.url = 'https://github.com/a/b.git';
+          pkg.repository = 'a/b';
           return pkg;
         }
       }