diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 40c39feb7d0..64e17401cdf 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -7183,12 +7183,11 @@ typedef struct
       <para>
        The connection reset event is fired on completion of
        <xref linkend="libpq-PQreset"/> or <function>PQresetPoll</function>.  In
-       both cases, the event is only fired if the reset was successful.  If
-       the event procedure fails, the entire connection reset will fail; the
-       <structname>PGconn</structname> is put into
-       <literal>CONNECTION_BAD</literal> status and
-       <function>PQresetPoll</function> will return
-       <literal>PGRES_POLLING_FAILED</literal>.
+       both cases, the event is only fired if the reset was successful.
+       The return value of the event procedure is ignored
+       in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> v15 and later.
+       With earlier versions, however, it's important to return success
+       (nonzero) or the connection will be aborted.
 
 <synopsis>
 typedef struct
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
index 30d6b7b3778..9c9416e8fff 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
@@ -4276,8 +4276,7 @@ PQreset(PGconn *conn)
 		if (connectDBStart(conn) && connectDBComplete(conn))
 		{
 			/*
-			 * Notify event procs of successful reset.  We treat an event proc
-			 * failure as disabling the connection ... good idea?
+			 * Notify event procs of successful reset.
 			 */
 			int			i;
 
@@ -4286,15 +4285,8 @@ PQreset(PGconn *conn)
 				PGEventConnReset evt;
 
 				evt.conn = conn;
-				if (!conn->events[i].proc(PGEVT_CONNRESET, &evt,
-										  conn->events[i].passThrough))
-				{
-					conn->status = CONNECTION_BAD;
-					appendPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-									  libpq_gettext("PGEventProc \"%s\" failed during PGEVT_CONNRESET event\n"),
-									  conn->events[i].name);
-					break;
-				}
+				(void) conn->events[i].proc(PGEVT_CONNRESET, &evt,
+											conn->events[i].passThrough);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -4336,8 +4328,7 @@ PQresetPoll(PGconn *conn)
 		if (status == PGRES_POLLING_OK)
 		{
 			/*
-			 * Notify event procs of successful reset.  We treat an event proc
-			 * failure as disabling the connection ... good idea?
+			 * Notify event procs of successful reset.
 			 */
 			int			i;
 
@@ -4346,15 +4337,8 @@ PQresetPoll(PGconn *conn)
 				PGEventConnReset evt;
 
 				evt.conn = conn;
-				if (!conn->events[i].proc(PGEVT_CONNRESET, &evt,
-										  conn->events[i].passThrough))
-				{
-					conn->status = CONNECTION_BAD;
-					appendPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-									  libpq_gettext("PGEventProc \"%s\" failed during PGEVT_CONNRESET event\n"),
-									  conn->events[i].name);
-					return PGRES_POLLING_FAILED;
-				}
+				(void) conn->events[i].proc(PGEVT_CONNRESET, &evt,
+											conn->events[i].passThrough);
 			}
 		}