diff --git a/tweepy/client.py b/tweepy/client.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tweepy/client.py
+++ b/tweepy/client.py
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ class Client(BaseClient):
             "Client.follow is deprecated; use Client.follow_user instead.",
             DeprecationWarning
         )
-        self.follow_user(target_user_id, user_auth=user_auth)
+        return self.follow_user(target_user_id, user_auth=user_auth)
 
     # Mutes
Fix return for Client.follow

Properly return response from Client.follow_user rather than None