diff --git a/core/core_bind.cpp b/core/core_bind.cpp
index b446f4c82752..2fcaac3688d5 100644
--- a/core/core_bind.cpp
+++ b/core/core_bind.cpp
@@ -519,11 +519,19 @@ double _OS::get_unix_time() const {
 	return OS::get_singleton()->get_unix_time();
 }
 
-void _OS::delay_usec(uint32_t p_usec) const {
+/** This method uses a signed argument for better error reporting as it's used from the scripting API. */
+void _OS::delay_usec(int p_usec) const {
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_MSG(
+			p_usec < 0,
+			vformat("Can't sleep for %d microseconds. The delay provided must be greater than or equal to 0 microseconds.", p_usec));
 	OS::get_singleton()->delay_usec(p_usec);
 }
 
-void _OS::delay_msec(uint32_t p_msec) const {
+/** This method uses a signed argument for better error reporting as it's used from the scripting API. */
+void _OS::delay_msec(int p_msec) const {
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_MSG(
+			p_msec < 0,
+			vformat("Can't sleep for %d milliseconds. The delay provided must be greater than or equal to 0 milliseconds.", p_msec));
 	OS::get_singleton()->delay_usec(int64_t(p_msec) * 1000);
 }
 
diff --git a/core/core_bind.h b/core/core_bind.h
index 435269dac5ab..8a4885b82bdb 100644
--- a/core/core_bind.h
+++ b/core/core_bind.h
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ class _OS : public Object {
 	uint64_t get_static_memory_usage() const;
 	uint64_t get_static_memory_peak_usage() const;
 
-	void delay_usec(uint32_t p_usec) const;
-	void delay_msec(uint32_t p_msec) const;
+	void delay_usec(int p_usec) const;
+	void delay_msec(int p_msec) const;
 	uint32_t get_ticks_msec() const;
 	uint64_t get_ticks_usec() const;
 
diff --git a/doc/classes/OS.xml b/doc/classes/OS.xml
index ffcd0d4c983a..f6602d5f4deb 100644
--- a/doc/classes/OS.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/OS.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 			<argument index="0" name="msec" type="int">
 			</argument>
 			<description>
-				Delay execution of the current thread by [code]msec[/code] milliseconds.
+				Delay execution of the current thread by [code]msec[/code] milliseconds. [code]usec[/code] must be greater than or equal to [code]0[/code]. Otherwise, [method delay_msec] will do nothing and will print an error message.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="delay_usec" qualifiers="const">
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 			<argument index="0" name="usec" type="int">
 			</argument>
 			<description>
-				Delay execution of the current thread by [code]usec[/code] microseconds.
+				Delay execution of the current thread by [code]usec[/code] microseconds. [code]usec[/code] must be greater than or equal to [code]0[/code]. Otherwise, [method delay_usec] will do nothing and will print an error message.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="dump_memory_to_file">