diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/ContentService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/ContentService.cs
index a188b21235..034dc5182d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/ContentService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/ContentService.cs
@@ -943,12 +943,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services.Implement
 
             // finally, "save publishing"
             // what happens next depends on whether the content can be published or not
-            using (var scope = ScopeProvider.CreateScope())
-            {
-                var saved = SavePublishing(content, userId);
-                scope.Complete();
-                return saved;
-            }
+            var saved = SavePublishing(content, userId);
+            return saved;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -2324,7 +2320,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services.Implement
             // be changed to Unpublished and any culture currently published will not be visible.
             if (variesByCulture)
             {
-                if (culturesPublishing.Count == 0 && culturesUnpublishing.Count == 0) // no published cultures = cannot be published
+                if (content.Published && culturesPublishing.Count == 0 && culturesUnpublishing.Count == 0) // no published cultures = cannot be published
                     return new PublishResult(PublishResultType.FailedPublishNothingToPublish, evtMsgs, content);
 
                 // missing mandatory culture = cannot be published
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/PublishResultType.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/PublishResultType.cs
index 0dc679ba79..d669ca4226 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/PublishResultType.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/PublishResultType.cs
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@
         /// <summary>
         /// The item was already published.
         /// </summary>
-        SuccessPublishAlready = 2, 
+        SuccessPublishAlready = 2,
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Success - Unpublish
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The unpublishing was successful.
         /// </summary>
@@ -43,9 +45,13 @@
         /// The specified variant was a mandatory culture therefore it was unpublished and the content item itself is unpublished
         /// </summary>
         SuccessUnpublishMandatoryCulture = 6,
+
         #endregion
 
+        //TODO: WE need something like SuccessPublishCultureMixed, FailedPublishCultureMixed - for when a culture is published and another is unpublished at the same time
+
         #region Failed - Publish
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The operation failed.
         /// </summary>
@@ -105,6 +111,7 @@
         /// Some mandatory cultures are missing.
         /// </summary>
         FailedPublishMandatoryCultureMissing = FailedPublish | 10, // in ContentService.SavePublishing 
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Failed - Unpublish