diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index 83cb5b3a98..e4573c7ba1 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ void read_bisect_terms(const char **read_bad, const char **read_good)
  * If no_checkout is non-zero, the bisection process does not
  * checkout the trial commit but instead simply updates BISECT_HEAD.
  */
-int bisect_next_all(struct repository *r, const char *prefix, int no_checkout)
+enum bisect_error bisect_next_all(struct repository *r, const char *prefix, int no_checkout)
 {
 	struct rev_info revs;
 	struct commit_list *tried;
diff --git a/bisect.h b/bisect.h
index 4e69a11ea8..c921ead02c 100644
--- a/bisect.h
+++ b/bisect.h
@@ -31,7 +31,19 @@ struct rev_list_info {
 	const char *header_prefix;
 };
 
-int bisect_next_all(struct repository *r,
+/*
+ * enum bisect_error represents the following return codes:
+ * BISECT_OK: success code. Internally, it means that next
+ * commit has been found (and possibly checked out) and it
+ * should be tested.
+ * BISECT_FAILED error code: default error code.
+ */
+enum bisect_error {
+	BISECT_OK = 0,
+	BISECT_FAILED = -1
+};
+
+enum bisect_error bisect_next_all(struct repository *r,
 		    const char *prefix,
 		    int no_checkout);