diff --git a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_service.c b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_service.c
index 472d8f335a..13eaad2024 100644
--- a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_service.c
+++ b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_service.c
@@ -1247,7 +1247,6 @@ edbus_service_signal_emit(const EDBus_Service_Interface *iface, unsigned int sig
    EINA_SAFETY_ON_FALSE_RETURN_VAL(r, EINA_FALSE);
 
    edbus_service_signal_send(iface, sig);
-   edbus_message_unref(sig);
    return EINA_TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -1257,6 +1256,7 @@ edbus_service_signal_send(const EDBus_Service_Interface *iface, EDBus_Message *s
    EDBUS_SERVICE_INTERFACE_CHECK_RETVAL(iface, EINA_FALSE);
    EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(signal_msg, EINA_FALSE);
    _edbus_connection_send(iface->obj->conn, signal_msg, NULL, NULL, -1);
+   edbus_message_unref(sig);
    return EINA_TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_service.h b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_service.h
index c8ff1c3ef3..ee5ead30ef 100644
--- a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_service.h
+++ b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_service.h
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ EAPI EDBus_Message *edbus_service_signal_new(const EDBus_Service_Interface *ifac
 
 /**
  * @brief Send a signal message.
+ *
+ * On success this will call edbus_message_unref() on the @param signal_msg,
+ * which is the intended behavior in 99% of the cases. Remember to increment
+ * the refcount if you want to keep it alive.
  */
 EAPI Eina_Bool edbus_service_signal_send(const EDBus_Service_Interface *iface, EDBus_Message *signal_msg) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1, 2);