diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index c3e13113cc..494abb6ca1 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #17744: Fix a bug with setting incorrect `defaultValue` to AR column with `CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(x)` as default expression (MySQL >= 5.6.4) (bizley)
 - Bug #17749: Dispatcher fix if target crashed in PHP 7.0+ (kamarton)
 - Bug #17762: PHP 7.4: Remove special condition for converting PHP errors to exceptions if they occurred inside of `__toString()` call (rob006)
+- Bug #17771: migrate/fresh was not returning exit code (samdark)
 - Bug #17767: Make `Formatter::formatNumber` method protected (TheCodeholic)
 
+
 2.0.31 December 18, 2019
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/framework/console/controllers/BaseMigrateController.php b/framework/console/controllers/BaseMigrateController.php
index 704bba7450..aac5b9a9e4 100644
--- a/framework/console/controllers/BaseMigrateController.php
+++ b/framework/console/controllers/BaseMigrateController.php
@@ -464,10 +464,11 @@ abstract class BaseMigrateController extends Controller
         if ($this->confirm(
             "Are you sure you want to reset the database and start the migration from the beginning?\nAll data will be lost irreversibly!")) {
             $this->truncateDatabase();
-            $this->actionUp();
-        } else {
-            $this->stdout('Action was cancelled by user. Nothing has been performed.');
+            return $this->actionUp();
         }
+
+        $this->stdout('Action was cancelled by user. Nothing has been performed.');
+        return ExitCode::OK;
     }
 
     /**