diff --git a/include/wx/hyperlink.h b/include/wx/hyperlink.h
index 237dadca85..072c05efd3 100644
--- a/include/wx/hyperlink.h
+++ b/include/wx/hyperlink.h
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ protected:
     void CheckParams(const wxString& label, const wxString& url, long style);
 
 public:
+    // Send wxHyperlinkEvent and open our link in the default browser if it
+    // wasn't handled.
+    //
     // not part of the public API but needs to be public as used by
     // GTK+ callbacks:
     void SendEvent();
diff --git a/src/msw/hyperlink.cpp b/src/msw/hyperlink.cpp
index f39d94ae17..adb922de74 100644
--- a/src/msw/hyperlink.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/hyperlink.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,12 @@ bool wxHyperlinkCtrl::MSWOnNotify(int idCtrl, WXLPARAM lParam, WXLPARAM *result)
             case NM_RETURN:
                 SetVisited();
                 SendEvent();
-                return 0;
+
+                // SendEvent() launches the browser by default, so we consider
+                // that the event was processed in any case, either by user
+                // code or by wx itself, hence we always return true to
+                // indicate that the default processing shouldn't take place.
+                return true;
         }
     }