diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
index 35ebb06371..23af2fff87 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ class WP {
 	 * filters and actions that can be used to further manipulate the result.
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.0.0
+	 * @since 6.0.0 A return value was added.
 	 *
 	 * @global WP_Rewrite $wp_rewrite WordPress rewrite component.
 	 *
@@ -758,13 +759,17 @@ class WP {
 	 */
 	public function main( $query_args = '' ) {
 		$this->init();
+
 		$parsed = $this->parse_request( $query_args );
+
 		$this->send_headers();
+
 		if ( $parsed ) {
 			$this->query_posts();
 			$this->handle_404();
 			$this->register_globals();
 		}
+
 		/**
 		 * Fires once the WordPress environment has been set up.
 		 *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/wp/parseRequest.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/wp/parseRequest.php
index 3e9d3114fd..edf65cb660 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/wp/parseRequest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/wp/parseRequest.php
@@ -16,7 +16,22 @@ class Tests_WP_ParseRequest extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Test that PHP 8.1 "passing null to non-nullable" deprecation notice
+	 * Tests the return value of the parse_request() method.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 10886
+	 */
+	public function test_parse_request_returns_bool() {
+		// Check that parse_request() returns true by default.
+		$this->assertTrue( $this->wp->parse_request() );
+
+		add_filter( 'do_parse_request', '__return_false' );
+
+		// Check that parse_request() returns false if the request was not parsed.
+		$this->assertFalse( $this->wp->parse_request() );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests that PHP 8.1 "passing null to non-nullable" deprecation notice
 	 * is not thrown when the home URL has no path/trailing slash (default setup).
 	 *
 	 * Note: This does not test the actual functioning of the parse_request() method.
@@ -39,20 +54,4 @@ class Tests_WP_ParseRequest extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->wp->parse_request();
 		$this->assertSame( '', $this->wp->request );
 	}
-	/**
-	 * Test that the parse_request() returns bool
-	 *
-	 * @ticket 10886
-	 */
-	public function test_parse_request_returns_bool() {
-
-		// check if parse_request() returns true for default setup.
-		$this->assertTrue( $this->wp->parse_request(), 'returns true' );
-
-		// add filter to shortcut the parse_request function.
-		add_filter( 'do_parse_request', '__return_false' );
-		$this->assertFalse( $this->wp->parse_request(), 'returns false' );
-		remove_filter( 'do_parse_request', '__return_false' );
-
-	}
 }