diff --git a/include/SDL_events.h b/include/SDL_events.h
index bdfe06218..d940493fb 100644
--- a/include/SDL_events.h
+++ b/include/SDL_events.h
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ extern DECLSPEC int SDL_PollEvent(SDL_Event *event);
 extern DECLSPEC int SDL_WaitEvent(SDL_Event *event);
 
 /* Add an event to the event queue.
-   This function returns 0, or -1 if the event couldn't be added to
-   the event queue.  If the event queue is full, this function fails.
+   This function returns 0 if the event queue was full, or -1
+   if there was some other error.  Returns 1 on success.
  */
 extern DECLSPEC int SDL_PushEvent(SDL_Event *event);
 
diff --git a/src/events/SDL_events.c b/src/events/SDL_events.c
index 40b5e38b6..acc8f1059 100644
--- a/src/events/SDL_events.c
+++ b/src/events/SDL_events.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ int SDL_PeepEvents(SDL_Event *events, int numevents, SDL_eventaction action,
 
 	/* Don't look after we've quit */
 	if ( ! SDL_EventQ.active ) {
-		return(0);
+		return(-1);
 	}
 	/* Lock the event queue */
 	used = 0;