diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3a679f..77a2ed0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ const files = parse(stdout);
 [{name: 'README.md', mode: ' M '}, {name: '1.js', mode: '?'}];
 
 const modifiedFiles = pick(files, {
-    modified: true,
-    untracked: false, // default
-    deleted: false, // default
-    added: false, // default
-    renamed: false, // default
+    modified: false,
+    untracked: false,
+    deleted: false,
+    added: default,
+    renamed: false,
+    unstaged: false,
 });
 // returns
 [{name: 'README.md', mode: ' M '}];
diff --git a/lib/porcelain.js b/lib/porcelain.js
index 877a77f..0997334 100644
--- a/lib/porcelain.js
+++ b/lib/porcelain.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module.exports = (str, filter = {}) => {
         untracked,
         deleted,
         renamed,
+        unstaged,
     } = filter;
     
     const files = parse(str);
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ module.exports = (str, filter = {}) => {
         untracked,
         deleted,
         renamed,
+        unstaged,
     });
     
     const names = getNames(picked);
@@ -100,13 +102,14 @@ function parseLine(line) {
     };
 }
 
-const isModified = ({mode}) => /M/.test(mode);
-const isAdded = ({mode}) => /A/.test(mode);
+const isModified = ({mode}) => mode === 'M  ' || mode === 'MM ';
+const isAdded = ({mode}) => mode === 'A  ';
 const isRenamed = ({mode}) => /R/.test(mode);
 const isDeleted = ({mode}) => /D/.test(mode);
 const isUntracked = ({mode}) => /\?/.test(mode);
+const isUnstaged = ({mode}) => mode === ' M ';
 
-const check = ({added, modified, untracked, deleted, renamed}) => (file) => {
+const check = ({added, modified, untracked, unstaged, deleted, renamed}) => (file) => {
     let is = false;
     
     if (added)
@@ -118,6 +121,9 @@ const check = ({added, modified, untracked, deleted, renamed}) => (file) => {
     if (untracked)
         is = is || isUntracked(file);
     
+    if (unstaged)
+        is = is || isUnstaged(file);
+    
     if (deleted)
         is = is || isDeleted(file);
     
@@ -128,11 +134,12 @@ const check = ({added, modified, untracked, deleted, renamed}) => (file) => {
 };
 
 module.exports.pick = pick;
-function pick(files, {added, modified, deleted, untracked, renamed}) {
+function pick(files, {added, modified, deleted, untracked, unstaged, renamed}) {
     return files.filter(check({
         added,
         modified,
         untracked,
+        unstaged,
         deleted,
         renamed,
     }));
diff --git a/test/fixture/deleted b/test/fixture/deleted
index beb1f20..9093152 100644
--- a/test/fixture/deleted
+++ b/test/fixture/deleted
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
- D lib/entry.json
+AD lib/entry.json
  D lib/header.json
  D lib/parse-entries.js
  D lib/parse-entry.js
  D lib/parse-git-index.js
- D lib/parse-header.js
+A  lib/parse-header.js
  M package.json
 ?? lib/parse.js
diff --git a/test/fixture/modified b/test/fixture/modified
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4756b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixture/modified
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+M  lib/parse-header.js
+MM package.json
+?? lib/parse.js
diff --git a/test/porclain.js b/test/porclain.js
index 514bff9..0bd1aea 100644
--- a/test/porclain.js
+++ b/test/porclain.js
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ const child_process = require('child_process');
 
 const {reRequire} = require('mock-require');
 
-const deleted = readFileSync(join(__dirname, 'fixture', 'deleted'), 'utf8');
-const untracked = readFileSync(join(__dirname, 'fixture', 'untracked'), 'utf8');
-const renamed = readFileSync(join(__dirname, 'fixture', 'renamed'), 'utf8');
+const readFixture = (a) => readFileSync(join(__dirname, 'fixture', a), 'utf8');
+
+const deleted = readFixture('deleted');
+const untracked = readFixture('untracked');
+const renamed = readFixture('renamed');
+const modified = readFixture('modified');
 
 const {test, stub} = require('supertape');
 const porclain = require('..');
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ const porclain = require('..');
 test('porclain: deleted, modified, untracked', (t) => {
     const result = porclain(deleted, {
         deleted: true,
-        modified: true,
+        unstaged: true,
         untracked: true,
     });
     
@@ -26,7 +29,6 @@ test('porclain: deleted, modified, untracked', (t) => {
         'lib/parse-entries.js',
         'lib/parse-entry.js',
         'lib/parse-git-index.js',
-        'lib/parse-header.js',
         'package.json',
         'lib/parse.js',
     ];
@@ -35,12 +37,28 @@ test('porclain: deleted, modified, untracked', (t) => {
     t.end();
 });
 
+test('porclain: modified', (t) => {
+    const result = porclain(modified, {
+        modified: true,
+    });
+    
+    const expected = [
+        'lib/parse-header.js',
+        'package.json',
+    ];
+    
+    t.deepEqual(result, expected);
+    t.end();
+});
+
 test('porclain: added', (t) => {
     const result = porclain(deleted, {
         added: true,
     });
     
-    const expected = [];
+    const expected = [
+        'lib/parse-header.js',
+    ];
     
     t.deepEqual(result, expected);
     t.end();
@@ -70,7 +88,6 @@ test('porclain: deleted', (t) => {
         'lib/parse-entries.js',
         'lib/parse-entry.js',
         'lib/parse-git-index.js',
-        'lib/parse-header.js',
     ];
     
     t.deepEqual(result, expected);