diff --git a/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h b/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
index 3ac3bffa7d..963f5a583f 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
   This macro attempts to place an exclusive lock in the
   list head structure pointed to by head.
-  Returns non-zero on success, 0 on failure
+  Returns 0 on success, non-zero on failure
 */
 #define AST_LIST_LOCK(head)						\
 	ast_mutex_lock(&(head)->lock)