diff --git a/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/editor-admin-class.scrbl b/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/editor-admin-class.scrbl
index 2b671f115..fa352f94c 100644
--- a/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/editor-admin-class.scrbl
+++ b/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/editor-admin-class.scrbl
@@ -189,8 +189,9 @@ Does nothing.
 
 @popupmenuinfo[@elem{administrator's @techlink{display}}
                @elem{top-level editor in this administrator's @techlink{display}}
-               @elem{The result is @racket[#t] if the popup succeeds,
-                  @racket[#f] otherwise (independent of whether the
+               @elem{The result is @racket[#f] if this admin is not connected to
+                   a canvas or the canvas it is connected to does not have an editor,
+                  @racket[#t] otherwise (independent of whether the
                   user selects an item in the popup menu).}]
 
 The menu is displayed at @racket[x] and @racket[y] in editor coordinates.
diff --git a/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/editor-canvas.rkt b/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/editor-canvas.rkt
index a01ca27c7..13c93d922 100644
--- a/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/editor-canvas.rkt
+++ b/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/editor-canvas.rkt
@@ -1345,7 +1345,8 @@
                   (let-boxes ([dx 0.0]
                               [dy 0.0])
                       (send canvas get-dc-and-offset dx dy)
-                    (send canvas popup-menu m (->long (- x dx)) (->long (- y dy)))))))))
+                    (send canvas popup-menu m (->long (- x dx)) (->long (- y dy)))
+                    #t))))))
   
   (define/public (adjust-std-flag)
     ;; 1 indicates that this is the sole, main admin.