diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/AutoComplete.py b/Lib/idlelib/AutoComplete.py
index 4e17325..cb38691 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/AutoComplete.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/AutoComplete.py
@@ -156,12 +156,9 @@
         if not comp_lists[0]:
             return
         self.autocompletewindow = self._make_autocomplete_window()
-        self.autocompletewindow.show_window(comp_lists,
-                                            "insert-%dc" % len(comp_start),
-                                            complete,
-                                            mode,
-                                            userWantsWin)
-        return True
+        return not self.autocompletewindow.show_window(
+                comp_lists, "insert-%dc" % len(comp_start),
+                complete, mode, userWantsWin)
 
     def fetch_completions(self, what, mode):
         """Return a pair of lists of completions for something. The first list
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/AutoCompleteWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/AutoCompleteWindow.py
index 298177f..27b0e56 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/AutoCompleteWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/AutoCompleteWindow.py
@@ -157,13 +157,14 @@
         self.start = self.widget.get(self.startindex, "insert")
         if complete:
             completed = self._complete_string(self.start)
+            start = self.start
             self._change_start(completed)
             i = self._binary_search(completed)
             if self.completions[i] == completed and \
                (i == len(self.completions)-1 or
                 self.completions[i+1][:len(completed)] != completed):
                 # There is exactly one matching completion
-                return
+                return completed == start
         self.userwantswindow = userWantsWin
         self.lasttypedstart = self.start