diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
index b74960c074..7f6f331e0f 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 1999-11-03  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@redhat.com>
 
+	* src/gnome-canvas-pixbuf.c (gnome_canvas_pixbuf_point): I'm a
+	doofus.  Return a distance, not a boolean, for opaque images.
+
 	* src/gnome-canvas-pixbuf.c (recompute_bounding_box): Do proper
 	rounding of bounding box coordinates.
 	(gnome_canvas_pixbuf_bounds): Implemented the ::bounds() method.
diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/gnome-canvas-pixbuf.c b/gdk-pixbuf/gnome-canvas-pixbuf.c
index 57b7626d6a..687ed2651e 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/gnome-canvas-pixbuf.c
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/gnome-canvas-pixbuf.c
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ gnome_canvas_pixbuf_point (GnomeCanvasItem *item, double x, double y, int cx, in
 		return no_hit;
 
 	if (!apb->has_alpha)
-		return TRUE;
+		return 0.0;
 
 	src = apb->pixels + py * apb->rowstride + px * apb->n_channels;