diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e3813e754..a392fae1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 ### Changed
 - Updated Kotlin to 1.9.0
+- `PrintMessage` and `PrintCompletionMessage` now default to exiting with a status code 0, which is the behavior they had in 3.x. ([#419](https://github.com/ajalt/clikt/issues/419))
 
 ## 4.0.0
 ### Added
diff --git a/clikt/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/clikt/core/exceptions.kt b/clikt/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/clikt/core/exceptions.kt
index 17d946a8c..39cc65b2c 100644
--- a/clikt/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/clikt/core/exceptions.kt
+++ b/clikt/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/ajalt/clikt/core/exceptions.kt
@@ -56,8 +56,18 @@ class PrintHelpMessage(
  * Execution should be immediately halted.
  */
 open class PrintMessage(
+    /** The message to print */
     message: String,
-    statusCode: Int = 1,
+    /**
+     * The value to use as the exit code for the process.
+     *
+     * If you use [CliktCommand.main], it will pass this value to `exitProcess` after printing
+     * [message]. Defaults to 0.
+     */
+    statusCode: Int = 0,
+    /**
+     * If true, the error message should be printed to stderr.
+     */
     printError: Boolean = false,
 ) : CliktError(message, statusCode = statusCode, printError = printError)
 
@@ -76,7 +86,7 @@ class Abort : ProgramResult(statusCode = 1)
  *
  * Execution should be immediately halted without an error.
  */
-class PrintCompletionMessage(message: String) : PrintMessage(message)
+class PrintCompletionMessage(message: String) : PrintMessage(message, statusCode = 0)
 
 /** An exception that signals a user error. */
 open class UsageError(