diff --git a/include/cdio/udf_file.h b/include/cdio/udf_file.h
index 2a527b80..647ec836 100644
--- a/include/cdio/udf_file.h
+++ b/include/cdio/udf_file.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*  
-    $Id: udf_file.h,v 1.4 2005/11/02 03:42:49 rocky Exp $
+    $Id: udf_file.h,v 1.5 2005/11/02 03:49:15 rocky Exp $
     Copyright (C) 2005 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@panix.com>
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ extern "C" {
   uint16_t udf_get_link_count(const udf_dirent_t *p_udf_dirent);
 
   /*!
-    Return the Length of the file/directory.
+    Return the file length the file. Return 2147483647L if error.
   */
   uint64_t udf_get_file_length(const udf_dirent_t *p_udf_dirent);
 
diff --git a/lib/udf/udf_file.c b/lib/udf/udf_file.c
index 1dbc79c8..3949abe4 100644
--- a/lib/udf/udf_file.c
+++ b/lib/udf/udf_file.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-    $Id: udf_file.c,v 1.4 2005/11/02 03:42:50 rocky Exp $
+    $Id: udf_file.c,v 1.5 2005/11/02 03:49:15 rocky Exp $
 
     Copyright (C) 2005 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@panix.com>
 
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ uint16_t udf_get_link_count(const udf_dirent_t *p_udf_dirent)
 }
 
 /*!
-  Return the number of hard links of the file. Return 0 if error.
+  Return the file length the file. Return 2147483647L if error.
 */
 uint64_t udf_get_file_length(const udf_dirent_t *p_udf_dirent) 
 {
   if (p_udf_dirent) {
     return uint64_from_le(p_udf_dirent->fe.info_len);
   }
-  return 0; /* Error. Non-error case handled above. */
+  return 2147483647L; /* Error. Non-error case handled above. */
 }
 
 /*!