diff --git a/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-reduce.rst b/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-reduce.rst
index 2670668af6cca..85111e6e29443 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-reduce.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-reduce.rst
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ GENERIC OPTIONS
 EXIT STATUS
 ------------
 
-:program:`llvm-reduce` returns 0 under normal operation. It returns a non-zero
-exit code if there were any errors.
+:program:`llvm-reduce` returns 0 under normal operation. It returns a
+non-zero exit code if there were any errors. Returns 2 if the
+interestingness test reported the initial input was not interesting.
 
 EXAMPLE
 -------
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/llvm-reduce.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/llvm-reduce.cpp
index 288a384c2ed49..f7492988084ce 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/llvm-reduce.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/llvm-reduce.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ int main(int Argc, char **Argv) {
   // interestingness checks.
   if (!Tester.getProgram().isReduced(Tester)) {
     errs() << "\nInput isn't interesting! Verify interesting-ness test\n";
-    return 1;
+    return 2;
   }
 
   // Try to reduce code