diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index d7f892e2..09913607 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ console.log(models.instance.Person === MyModel);
 // sync the schema definition with the cassandra database table
 // if the schema has not changed, the callback will fire immediately
 // otherwise express-cassandra will try to migrate the schema and fire the callback afterwards
-MyModel.syncDB(function(err) {
+MyModel.syncDB(function(err, result) {
     if (err) throw err;
+    // result == true if any database schema was updated
+    // result == false if no schema change was detected in your models
 });
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/orm/base_model.js b/src/orm/base_model.js
index f699e184..04d3c051 100644
--- a/src/orm/base_model.js
+++ b/src/orm/base_model.js
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ BaseModel._sync_model_definition = function f(callback) {
 
       Promise.all(indexingTasks)
         .then(() => {
-          callback();
+          // db schema was updated, so callback with true
+          callback(null, true);
         })
         .catch((err2) => {
           callback(err2);
@@ -185,7 +186,8 @@ BaseModel._sync_model_definition = function f(callback) {
     }
 
     if (_.isEqual(normalizedModelSchema, normalizedDBSchema)) {
-      callback();
+      // no change in db was made, so callback with false
+      callback(null, false);
       return;
     }