diff --git a/tasks.c b/tasks.c
index 20df27345..82ad273dd 100644
--- a/tasks.c
+++ b/tasks.c
@@ -2064,15 +2064,14 @@ void vTaskStartScheduler( void )
 
         /* Setting up the timer tick is hardware specific and thus in the
          * portable interface. */
-        if( xPortStartScheduler() != pdFALSE )
-        {
-            /* Should not reach here as if the scheduler is running the
-             * function will not return. */
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            /* Should only reach here if a task calls xTaskEndScheduler(). */
-        }
+        xPortStartScheduler();
+
+        /* In most cases, xPortStartScheduler() will not return. If it
+         * returns pdTRUE then there was not enough heap memory available
+         * to create either the Idle or the Timer task. If it returned
+         * pdFALSE, then the application called xTaskEndScheduler().
+         * Most ports don't implement xTaskEndScheduler() as there is
+         * nothing to return to. */
     }
     else
     {