diff --git a/spec/lua_state_spec.cr b/spec/lua_state_spec.cr
index 119d56b..8a7e909 100644
--- a/spec/lua_state_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/lua_state_spec.cr
@@ -262,4 +262,27 @@ describe Luajit::LuaState do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#push_thread" do
+    it "pushes the current thread" do
+      Luajit.run do |state|
+        state.push_thread.should eq(Luajit::LuaState::ThreadStatus::Main)
+        state.is_thread?(-1).should be_true
+
+        SpecHelper.assert_stack_size!(state, 1)
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "pushes a coroutine" do
+      Luajit.run do |state|
+        coroutine = state.new_thread
+        state.pop(1) # remove thread pushed by `new_thread`
+
+        coroutine.push_thread.should eq(Luajit::LuaState::ThreadStatus::Coroutine)
+        coroutine.is_thread?(-1).should be_true
+
+        SpecHelper.assert_stack_size!(coroutine, 1)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/src/luajit/lua_state.cr b/src/luajit/lua_state.cr
index 5252ba4..4929aa7 100644
--- a/src/luajit/lua_state.cr
+++ b/src/luajit/lua_state.cr
@@ -932,9 +932,12 @@ module Luajit
       LibLuaJIT.lua_pushcclosure(self, proc, 1)
     end
 
-    # Pushes thread represented by *x* onto the stack, returns `ThreadStatus`
-    def push_thread(x : LuaState) : ThreadStatus
-      if LibLuaJIT.lua_pushthread(x) == 1
+    # Pushes `self` onto its own stack and returns its thread status
+    #
+    # `ThreadStatus::Main` is returned when `self` represents the main
+    # thread, otherwise `ThreadStatus::Coroutine` is returned.
+    def push_thread : ThreadStatus
+      if LibLuaJIT.lua_pushthread(self) == 1
         ThreadStatus::Main
       else
         ThreadStatus::Coroutine