diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f55e68..630637b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
     --webhook-success-status <int>, $GIT_SYNC_WEBHOOK_SUCCESS_STATUS
             The HTTP status code indicating a successful --webhook-url.  Setting
-            this to -1 disables success checks to make webhooks
+            this to 0 disables success checks, which makes webhooks
             "fire-and-forget".  If not specified, this defaults to 200.
 
     --webhook-timeout <duration>, $GIT_SYNC_WEBHOOK_TIMEOUT
diff --git a/cmd/git-sync/main.go b/cmd/git-sync/main.go
index 75d8aa9..4a0cba7 100644
--- a/cmd/git-sync/main.go
+++ b/cmd/git-sync/main.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ var flWebhookURL = pflag.String("webhook-url", envString("GIT_SYNC_WEBHOOK_URL",
 var flWebhookMethod = pflag.String("webhook-method", envString("GIT_SYNC_WEBHOOK_METHOD", "POST"),
 	"the HTTP method for the webhook")
 var flWebhookStatusSuccess = pflag.Int("webhook-success-status", envInt("GIT_SYNC_WEBHOOK_SUCCESS_STATUS", 200),
-	"the HTTP status code indicating a successful webhook (-1 disables success checks")
+	"the HTTP status code indicating a successful webhook (0 disables success checks")
 var flWebhookTimeout = pflag.Duration("webhook-timeout", envDuration("GIT_SYNC_WEBHOOK_TIMEOUT", time.Second),
 	"the timeout for the webhook")
 var flWebhookBackoff = pflag.Duration("webhook-backoff", envDuration("GIT_SYNC_WEBHOOK_BACKOFF", time.Second*3),
@@ -509,8 +509,12 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if *flWebhookURL != "" {
-		if *flWebhookStatusSuccess < -1 {
-			handleConfigError(log, true, "ERROR: --webhook-success-status must be a valid HTTP code or -1")
+		if *flWebhookStatusSuccess == -1 {
+			// Back-compat: -1 and 0 mean the same things
+			*flWebhookStatusSuccess = 0
+		}
+		if *flWebhookStatusSuccess < 0 {
+			handleConfigError(log, true, "ERROR: --webhook-success-status must be a valid HTTP code or 0")
 		}
 		if *flWebhookTimeout < time.Second {
 			handleConfigError(log, true, "ERROR: --webhook-timeout must be at least 1s")
@@ -2205,7 +2209,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
     --webhook-success-status <int>, $GIT_SYNC_WEBHOOK_SUCCESS_STATUS
             The HTTP status code indicating a successful --webhook-url.  Setting
-            this to -1 disables success checks to make webhooks
+            this to 0 disables success checks, which makes webhooks
             "fire-and-forget".  If not specified, this defaults to 200.
 
     --webhook-timeout <duration>, $GIT_SYNC_WEBHOOK_TIMEOUT
diff --git a/pkg/hook/webhook.go b/pkg/hook/webhook.go
index 742faca..1f01918 100644
--- a/pkg/hook/webhook.go
+++ b/pkg/hook/webhook.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (w *Webhook) Do(ctx context.Context, hash string) error {
 	resp.Body.Close()
 
 	// If the webhook has a success statusCode, check against it
-	if w.success != -1 && resp.StatusCode != w.success {
+	if w.success > 0 && resp.StatusCode != w.success {
 		return fmt.Errorf("received response code %d expected %d", resp.StatusCode, w.success)
 	}
 
diff --git a/test_e2e.sh b/test_e2e.sh
index 095bfc8..57f33c2 100755
--- a/test_e2e.sh
+++ b/test_e2e.sh
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ function e2e::webhook_fire_and_forget() {
         --repo="file://$REPO" \
         --root="$ROOT" \
         --webhook-url="http://$IP" \
-        --webhook-success-status=-1 \
+        --webhook-success-status=0 \
         --link="link" \
         >> "$1" 2>&1 &