2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/ei.xml b/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/ei.xml
index de4e4b4301..76e02a6858 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/ei.xml
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/ei.xml
@@ -581,9 +581,9 @@ ei_x_encode_empty_list(&x);
           <c><![CDATA[term]]></c> union, it is decoded, and the appropriate field
           in <c><![CDATA[term->value]]></c> is set, and <c><![CDATA[*index]]></c> is
           incremented by the term size.</p>
-        <p>The function returns 0 on successful decoding, -1 on error,
-          and 1 if the term seems alright, but does not fit in the
-          <c><![CDATA[term]]></c> structure. If it returns 0, the <c><![CDATA[index]]></c>
+        <p>The function returns 1 on successful decoding, -1 on error,
+          and 0 if the term seems alright, but does not fit in the
+          <c><![CDATA[term]]></c> structure. If it returns 1, the <c><![CDATA[index]]></c>
           will be incremented, and the <c><![CDATA[term]]></c> contains the
           decoded term.</p>
         <p>The <c><![CDATA[term]]></c> structure will contain the arity for a tuple
diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_decode_term.c b/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_decode_term.c
index bfb4571337..0b82ef0e35 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_decode_term.c
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_decode_term.c
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 #include "ei_decode_term.h"
 #include "putget.h"
 
-/* Returns 0 on successful encoding, -1 on error, and 1 if the term seems
-   alright, but does not fit in the term structure. If it returns 0, the
+/* Returns 1 on successful encoding, -1 on error, and 0 if the term seems
+   alright, but does not fit in the term structure. If it returns 1, the
    index will be incremented, and the term contains the decoded term. */
 
 int ei_decode_ei_term(const char* buf, int* index, ei_term* term)
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ int ei_decode_ei_term(const char* buf, int* index, ei_term* term)
 	break;
     case ERL_SMALL_TUPLE_EXT:
 	term->arity = get8(s);
-	break; /*return 0;*/
+	break;
     case ERL_LARGE_TUPLE_EXT:
 	term->arity = get32be(s);
-	break; /*return 0;*/
+	break;
     case ERL_NIL_EXT:
 	term->arity = 0;
 	break;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ int ei_decode_ei_term(const char* buf, int* index, ei_term* term)
 	return 0;
     case ERL_LIST_EXT:
 	term->arity = get32be(s);
-	break; /*return 0;*/
+	break;
     case ERL_BINARY_EXT:
 	term->size = get32be(s);
 	return 0;