diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index 0c42766a60c..616ede814c5 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -7709,5 +7709,7 @@ finish:
 
         release_busses();
 
+        /* Note that we return r here, not EXIT_SUCCESS, so that we can implement the LSB-like return codes */
+
         return r < 0 ? EXIT_FAILURE : r;
 }