diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/CapturingProcessHandler.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/CapturingProcessHandler.java
index 6252ffcd6d8b..1a134d2ec48b 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/CapturingProcessHandler.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/CapturingProcessHandler.java
@@ -64,8 +64,14 @@ public class CapturingProcessHandler extends OSProcessHandler {
     return myOutput;
   }
 
+  /**
+   *  Starts process with specified timeout
+   *
+   * @param timeoutInMilliseconds non-positive means infinity
+   * @return
+   */
   public ProcessOutput runProcess(int timeoutInMilliseconds) {
-    if (timeoutInMilliseconds < 0) {
+    if (timeoutInMilliseconds <= 0) {
       return runProcess();
     }
     startNotify();