diff --git a/include/SFML/Graphics/Shader.hpp b/include/SFML/Graphics/Shader.hpp
index fc4a1983e..8b8633a42 100644
--- a/include/SFML/Graphics/Shader.hpp
+++ b/include/SFML/Graphics/Shader.hpp
@@ -579,16 +579,19 @@ private :
 /// To apply a shader to a drawable, you must pass it as an
 /// additional parameter to the Draw function:
 /// \code
-/// window.draw(sprite, shader);
+/// window.draw(sprite, &shader);
 /// \endcode
 ///
 /// ... which is in fact just a shortcut for this:
 /// \code
 /// sf::RenderStates states;
-/// states.shader = shader;
+/// states.shader = &shader;
 /// window.draw(sprite, states);
 /// \endcode
 ///
+/// In the code above we pass a pointer to the shader, because it may
+/// be null (which means "no shader").
+///
 /// Shaders can be used on any drawable, but some combinations are
 /// not interesting. For example, using a vertex shader on a sf::Sprite
 /// is limited because there are only 4 vertices, the sprite would