diff --git a/src/detect-engine-register.c b/src/detect-engine-register.c
index 3f849125a5..1ee5ef91f6 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-register.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-register.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static void SigMultilinePrint(int i, const char *prefix)
     printf("\n");
 }
 
-void SigTableList(const char *keyword)
+int SigTableList(const char *keyword)
 {
     size_t size = sizeof(sigmatch_table) / sizeof(SigTableElmt);
     size_t i;
@@ -414,14 +414,16 @@ void SigTableList(const char *keyword)
                 printf("= %s =\n", sigmatch_table[i].name);
                 if (sigmatch_table[i].flags & SIGMATCH_NOT_BUILT) {
                     printf("Not built-in\n");
-                    return;
+                    return TM_ECODE_FAILED;
                 }
                 SigMultilinePrint(i, "");
-                return;
+                return TM_ECODE_DONE;
             }
         }
+        printf("Non existing keyword\n");
+        return TM_ECODE_FAILED;
     }
-    return;
+    return TM_ECODE_DONE;
 }
 
 void SigTableSetup(void)
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-register.h b/src/detect-engine-register.h
index 5e3fc5e75b..aea54e28f0 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-register.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-register.h
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ enum DetectKeywordId {
     DETECT_TBLSIZE,
 };
 
-void SigTableList(const char *keyword);
+int SigTableList(const char *keyword);
 void SigTableSetup(void);
 void SigTableRegisterTests(void);
 
diff --git a/src/util-running-modes.c b/src/util-running-modes.c
index 8748c0b15d..22b933c7af 100644
--- a/src/util-running-modes.c
+++ b/src/util-running-modes.c
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ int ListKeywords(const char *keyword_info)
     SpmTableSetup();
     AppLayerSetup();
     SigTableSetup(); /* load the rule keywords */
-    SigTableList(keyword_info);
-    return TM_ECODE_DONE;
+    return SigTableList(keyword_info);
 }
 
 int ListAppLayerProtocols(const char *conf_filename)