diff --git a/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h b/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
index 1ee524301b52b747c320da3f6bb7cdf531274149..82db0924cbbb8d7179159d1b516f2a421cc44e2c 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/linkedlists.h
@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ struct {								\
  * \brief Checks whether the specified list contains any entries.
  * \param head This is a pointer to the list head structure
  *
- * \return non-zero if the list has entries
- * \return zero if not.
+ * \return zero if the list has entries
+ * \return non-zero if not.
  */
 #define	AST_LIST_EMPTY(head)	(AST_LIST_FIRST(head) == NULL)