diff --git a/README.mkd b/README.mkd
index a8116d7..3efc820 100644
--- a/README.mkd
+++ b/README.mkd
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ You can also specify a local directory on your file system as a bundle. In this
 case, make sure the path you give is the absolute path (i.e., starts with a
 `/`). Relative paths are not supported. If the repo you gave is a local
 directory path, then it is not necessary that this path is a git repo. Please
-refer to the notes on `--no-local-repo` below.
+refer to the notes on `--no-local-clone` below.
 
 In addition to the above discussed arguments, `antigen-bundle` also takes a
 `btype` keyword-only argument, that is used internally. You shouldn't be
@@ -238,8 +238,10 @@ creating a clone. For example,
 
     antigen-bundle /absolute/path/to/the/plugin --no-local-clone
 
-Note that if the repo url is *not* an absolute local path, this argument has no
-effect.
+Note that if the repo url is *not* an absolute local path or a branch has been
+specified with the `--branch` option, this argument has no effect. That is,
+for this option to have any affect, the repo url must be an absolute local path
+and no `--branch` should be specified.
 
 Also, if the local path given as the url is not a git repo, then this
 argument is forced as it doesn't makes sense to *clone* something that's not a
diff --git a/antigen.zsh b/antigen.zsh
index 6686da8..90c86d0 100644
--- a/antigen.zsh
+++ b/antigen.zsh
@@ -66,10 +66,13 @@ antigen-bundle () {
     fi
 
     # The `make_local_clone` variable better represents whether there should be
-    # a local clone made. If the url is a local absolute path and no_local_clone
-    # is true, then and only then, there should be no cloning taking place.
+    # a local clone made. For cloning to be avoided, firstly, the `$url` should
+    # be an absolute local path and `$branch` should be empty. In addition to
+    # these two conditions, either the `--no-local-clone` option should be
+    # given, or `$url` should not a git repo.
     local make_local_clone=true
-    if [[ $url == /* && ( $no_local_clone == true || ! -d $url/.git ) ]]; then
+    if [[ $url == /* && -z $branch \
+            && ( $no_local_clone == true || ! -d $url/.git ) ]]; then
         make_local_clone=false
     fi
 
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ antigen-bundle () {
     fi
 
     # Load the plugin.
-     -antigen-load "$url" "$loc" "$btype" "$make_local_clone"
+    -antigen-load "$url" "$loc" "$btype" "$make_local_clone"
 
 }