diff --git a/hiredis.c b/hiredis.c
index 260b9209f..ab49bcf6b 100644
--- a/hiredis.c
+++ b/hiredis.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ long long redisFormatSdsCommandArgv(sds *target, int argc, const char **argv,
     assert(sdslen(cmd)==totlen);
 
     *target = cmd;
-    return (int) totlen; /* should use ssize_t */
+    return (long long) totlen; /* api really should use ssize_t */
 }
 
 void redisFreeSdsCommand(sds cmd) {
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ long long redisFormatCommandArgv(char **target, int argc, const char **argv, con
     cmd[pos] = '\0';
 
     *target = cmd;
-    return (int)totlen;  /* should really use ssize_t */
+    return (long long) totlen;  /* api should really use ssize_t */
 }
 
 void redisFreeCommand(char *cmd) {