diff --git a/code/modules/mob_spawn/mob_spawn.dm b/code/modules/mob_spawn/mob_spawn.dm
index 37736ac08a2..1a7fbafcf11 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob_spawn/mob_spawn.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob_spawn/mob_spawn.dm
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	if(faction)
 		faction = string_list(faction)
 
+/// Creates whatever mob the spawner makes. Return FALSE if we want to exit from here without doing that, returning NULL will be logged to admins.
 /obj/effect/mob_spawn/proc/create(mob/mob_possessor, newname)
 	var/mob/living/spawned_mob = new mob_type(get_turf(src)) //living mobs only
 	name_mob(spawned_mob, newname)
@@ -194,9 +195,12 @@
 	user.log_message("became a [prompt_name].", LOG_GAME)
 	uses -= 1 // Remove a use before trying to spawn to prevent strangeness like the spawner trying to spawn more mobs than it should be able to
 
-	if(!(create(user)))
-		message_admins("[src] didn't return anything when creating a mob, this might be broken! The use of the spawner it would have taken has been refunded.")
-		uses += 1 // Oops! We messed up and somehow the mob didn't spawn, but that's alright we can refund the use.
+	var/created = create(user)
+	if(!created)
+		if(isnull(created)) // If we explicitly return FALSE instead of just not returning a mob, we don't want to spam the admins
+			CRASH("An instance of [type] didn't return anything when creating a mob, this might be broken!")
+
+		uses += 1 // Refund use because we didn't actually spawn anything
 
 	check_uses() // Now we check if the spawner should delete itself or not