diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 15333e1e5..95205f439 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -57,5 +57,6 @@ Contributors are:
 -Jonas Scharpf <jonas.scharpf _at_ checkmk.com>
 -Gordon Marx
 -Enji Cooper
+-Harshita Yadav <harshitayadav504 _at_ gmail.com>
 
 Portions derived from other open source works and are clearly marked.
diff --git a/git/objects/commit.py b/git/objects/commit.py
index da7677ee0..d98664da5 100644
--- a/git/objects/commit.py
+++ b/git/objects/commit.py
@@ -374,6 +374,11 @@ def stats(self) -> Stats:
         """Create a git stat from changes between this commit and its first parent
         or from all changes done if this is the very first commit.
 
+        :note:
+            If this commit is at the boundary of a shallow clone, this will
+            raise :exc:`~git.exc.GitCommandError`, since the parent object
+            was never fetched and only exists as a reference on this commit.
+
         :return:
             :class:`Stats`
         """