1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/match.h b/match.h
index 4625d9769..8eac0a502 100644
--- a/match.h
+++ b/match.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ int     match_pattern(const char *s, const char *pattern);
 /*
  * Tries to match the host name (which must be in all lowercase) against the
  * comma-separated sequence of subpatterns (each possibly preceded by ! to
- * indicate negation).  Returns true if there is a positive match; zero
- * otherwise.
+ * indicate negation).  Returns -1 if negation matches, 1 if there is
+ * a positive match, 0 if there is no match at all.
  */
 int     match_hostname(const char *host, const char *pattern, unsigned int len);