Index: g3doc/Dialects/Standard.md
===================================================================
--- g3doc/Dialects/Standard.md
+++ g3doc/Dialects/Standard.md
@@ -72,10 +72,14 @@
 operation ::= `return` (ssa-use-list `:` type-list-no-parens)?
 ```
 
-The `return` terminator operation represents the completion of a function, and
-produces the result values. The count and types of the operands must match the
-result types of the enclosing function. It is legal for multiple blocks in a
-single function to return.
+The `return` terminator operation represents the transfer of control to its
+parent op, which is the op immediately enclosing the region in which the
+`return' appears.  The semantics of the parent op define where control flows
+next. When the parent op of a `return` is a function op, the `return' represents
+the completion of that function and produces its result values. The count and
+types of the operands must match the result types of that function. In the case
+that the parent op is not a function, the count and types of the return's
+operands must match those of the result values of the parent op.
 
 ## Core Operations
 
Index: include/mlir/Dialect/StandardOps/Ops.td
===================================================================
--- include/mlir/Dialect/StandardOps/Ops.td
+++ include/mlir/Dialect/StandardOps/Ops.td
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@
   let hasFolder = 1;
 }
 
-def ReturnOp : Std_Op<"return", [Terminator, HasParent<"FuncOp">]> {
+def ReturnOp : Std_Op<"return", [Terminator]> {
   let summary = "return operation";
   let description = [{
     The "return" operation represents a return operation within a function.
Index: lib/Dialect/StandardOps/Ops.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Dialect/StandardOps/Ops.cpp
+++ lib/Dialect/StandardOps/Ops.cpp
@@ -1956,21 +1956,35 @@
 }
 
 static LogicalResult verify(ReturnOp op) {
-  auto function = cast<FuncOp>(op.getParentOp());
+  auto *parentOp = op.getParentOp();
+  if (!parentOp)
+    // TODO: this path can only be tested via the builder.
+    return op.emitOpError("has no parent op");
+
+  // The operand count and types must be consisntent with the parent op. When
+  // the parent is a FuncOp (which is declarative), check against its return
+  // types; for the rest, check again the number of actual SSA results.
+  SmallVector<Type, 4> retTypes;
+  if (auto funcOp = dyn_cast<FuncOp>(parentOp)) {
+    retTypes.assign(funcOp.getType().getResults().begin(),
+                    funcOp.getType().getResults().end());
+  } else {
+    retTypes.reserve(parentOp->getNumResults());
+    for (auto *result : parentOp->getResults())
+      retTypes.push_back(result->getType());
+  }
 
-  // The operand number and types must match the function signature.
-  const auto &results = function.getType().getResults();
-  if (op.getNumOperands() != results.size())
+  if (op.getNumOperands() != retTypes.size())
     return op.emitOpError("has ")
            << op.getNumOperands()
-           << " operands, but enclosing function returns " << results.size();
+           << " operands, but enclosing function returns " << retTypes.size();
 
-  for (unsigned i = 0, e = results.size(); i != e; ++i)
-    if (op.getOperand(i)->getType() != results[i])
+  for (unsigned i = 0, e = retTypes.size(); i != e; ++i)
+    if (op.getOperand(i)->getType() != retTypes[i])
       return op.emitError()
              << "type of return operand " << i << " ("
              << op.getOperand(i)->getType()
-             << ") doesn't match function result type (" << results[i] << ")";
+             << ") doesn't match function result type (" << retTypes[i] << ")";
 
   return success();
 }
Index: test/IR/core-ops.mlir
===================================================================
--- test/IR/core-ops.mlir
+++ test/IR/core-ops.mlir
@@ -682,3 +682,12 @@
   tensor_store %1, %0 : memref<4x4xi32>
   return
 }
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @return_in_op_with_region
+func @return_in_op_with_region() {
+  "foo.region"() ({
+    %c9 = constant 9 : i32
+    return %c9 : i32
+  }): () -> (i32)
+  return
+}
Index: test/IR/invalid-ops.mlir
===================================================================
--- test/IR/invalid-ops.mlir
+++ test/IR/invalid-ops.mlir
@@ -693,9 +693,9 @@
 
 func @return_not_in_function() {
   "foo.region"() ({
-    // expected-error@+1 {{'std.return' op expects parent op 'func'}}
+    // expected-error@+1 {{'std.return' op has 0 operands, but enclosing function returns 1}}
     return
-  }): () -> ()
+  }): () -> (i32)
   return
 }