diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88bb57d9c12..ada51dd9136 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1798,11 +1798,11 @@ Route Functions give you full programmatic flexibility to define your routing lo
 export default ({ url, contextProps }) {
   // Route Functions allow us to implement advanced routing such as route guards.
   if (! contextProps.user.isAdmin) {
-    return { match: false }
+    return false
   }
   // We can use RegExp and any JavaScript tool we want.
   if (! /\/film\/[0-9]+\/admin/.test(url)) {
-    return { match: false }
+    return { match: false } // equivalent to `return false`
   }
   filmId = url.split('/')[2]
   return {
@@ -1813,8 +1813,8 @@ export default ({ url, contextProps }) {
 }
 ```
 
-The `match` value can be a (negative) number which enables you to resolve route conflicts.
-The higher the number, the higher the priority.
+The `match` value can be a (negative) number which enables you to resolve route conflicts;
+the higher the number, the higher the priority.
 
 <br/><br/>
 
diff --git a/examples/vue/pages/hello/index.page.route.ts b/examples/vue/pages/hello/index.page.route.ts
index 3544f13fa13..6a210b9bd09 100644
--- a/examples/vue/pages/hello/index.page.route.ts
+++ b/examples/vue/pages/hello/index.page.route.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // This is a route similar to `/hello/:name` but with details impossible to achieve with a route string.
 export default ({ url }: { url: string }) => {
   if (!url.startsWith('/hello')) {
-    return { match: false }
+    return false
   }
   const name = url.split('/')[2] || 'anonymous'
   return { match: true, contextProps: { name } }
diff --git a/src/route.shared.ts b/src/route.shared.ts
index 7f34a5690f8..6e671f38f69 100644
--- a/src/route.shared.ts
+++ b/src/route.shared.ts
@@ -203,12 +203,18 @@ function resolveRouteFunction(
   matchValue: boolean | number
   routeParams: Record<string, unknown>
 } {
-  const result = routeFunction({ url: urlPathname, contextProps })
+  let result = routeFunction({ url: urlPathname, contextProps })
+  if ([true, false].includes(result)) {
+    result = { match: result }
+  }
   assertUsage(
     typeof result === 'object' && result !== null && result.constructor === Object,
-    `The Route Function ${routeFilePath} should return a plain JavaScript object, e.g. \`{ match: true }\`.`
+    `The Route Function ${routeFilePath} should return a boolean or a plain JavaScript object, e.g. \`{ match: true }\`.`
   )
-  assertUsage(hasProp(result, 'match'), `The Route Function ${routeFilePath} should return a \`{ match }\` value.`)
+  if (!hasProp(result, 'match')) {
+    result.match = true
+  }
+  assert(hasProp(result, 'match'))
   assertUsage(
     typeof result.match === 'boolean' || typeof result.match === 'number',
     `The \`match\` value returned by the Route Function ${routeFilePath} should be a boolean or a number.`