diff --git a/examples/window_pump_events.rs b/examples/window_pump_events.rs
index 937b217d93..be887bfa0e 100644
--- a/examples/window_pump_events.rs
+++ b/examples/window_pump_events.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fn main() -> std::process::ExitCode {
     use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
     use winit::{
         event::{Event, WindowEvent},
-        event_loop::EventLoop,
+        event_loop::{ControlFlow, EventLoop},
         platform::pump_events::{EventLoopExtPumpEvents, PumpStatus},
         window::WindowBuilder,
     };
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ fn main() -> std::process::ExitCode {
         .unwrap();
 
     'main: loop {
-        let status = event_loop.pump_events(|event, _, control_flow| {
+        let timeout = Some(Duration::ZERO);
+        let status = event_loop.pump_events(timeout, |event, _, control_flow| {
+            *control_flow = ControlFlow::Wait;
+
             if let Event::WindowEvent { event, .. } = &event {
                 // Print only Window events to reduce noise
                 println!("{event:?}");
diff --git a/src/platform/pump_events.rs b/src/platform/pump_events.rs
index e7ca85edeb..71f49de7e4 100644
--- a/src/platform/pump_events.rs
+++ b/src/platform/pump_events.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
 use crate::{
     event::Event,
     event_loop::{ControlFlow, EventLoop, EventLoopWindowTarget},
@@ -60,7 +62,8 @@ pub trait EventLoopExtPumpEvents {
     ///         .unwrap();
     ///
     ///     'main: loop {
-    ///         let status = event_loop.pump_events(|event, _, control_flow| {
+    ///         let timeout = Some(Duration::ZERO);
+    ///         let status = event_loop.pump_events(timeout, |event, _, control_flow| {
     /// #            if let Event::WindowEvent { event, .. } = &event {
     /// #                // Print only Window events to reduce noise
     /// #                println!("{event:?}");
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ pub trait EventLoopExtPumpEvents {
     ///   If you render outside of Winit you are likely to see window resizing artifacts
     ///   since MacOS expects applications to render synchronously during any `drawRect`
     ///   callback.
-    fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, event_handler: F) -> PumpStatus
+    fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, timeout: Option<Duration>, event_handler: F) -> PumpStatus
     where
         F: FnMut(
             Event<'_, Self::UserEvent>,
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ pub trait EventLoopExtPumpEvents {
 impl<T> EventLoopExtPumpEvents for EventLoop<T> {
     type UserEvent = T;
 
-    fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, event_handler: F) -> PumpStatus
+    fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, timeout: Option<Duration>, event_handler: F) -> PumpStatus
     where
         F: FnMut(
             Event<'_, Self::UserEvent>,
@@ -189,6 +192,6 @@ impl<T> EventLoopExtPumpEvents for EventLoop<T> {
             &mut ControlFlow,
         ),
     {
-        self.event_loop.pump_events(event_handler)
+        self.event_loop.pump_events(timeout, event_handler)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/android/mod.rs b/src/platform_impl/android/mod.rs
index 3d449bdb25..e9c2506f33 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/android/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/android/mod.rs
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoop<T> {
         }
 
         loop {
-            match self.pump_events_with_timeout(None, &mut event_handler) {
+            match self.pump_events(None, &mut event_handler) {
                 PumpStatus::Exit(0) => {
                     break Ok(());
                 }
@@ -557,18 +557,7 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoop<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, event_handler: F) -> PumpStatus
-    where
-        F: FnMut(event::Event<'_, T>, &RootELW<T>, &mut ControlFlow),
-    {
-        self.pump_events_with_timeout(Some(Duration::ZERO), event_handler)
-    }
-
-    fn pump_events_with_timeout<F>(
-        &mut self,
-        timeout: Option<Duration>,
-        mut callback: F,
-    ) -> PumpStatus
+    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, timeout: Option<Duration>, mut callback: F) -> PumpStatus
     where
         F: FnMut(event::Event<'_, T>, &RootELW<T>, &mut ControlFlow),
     {
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/linux/mod.rs b/src/platform_impl/linux/mod.rs
index 35cead75e5..4c2a43c7c5 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/linux/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/linux/mod.rs
@@ -844,11 +844,11 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoop<T> {
         x11_or_wayland!(match self; EventLoop(evlp) => evlp.run_ondemand(callback))
     }
 
-    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, callback: F) -> PumpStatus
+    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, timeout: Option<Duration>, callback: F) -> PumpStatus
     where
         F: FnMut(crate::event::Event<'_, T>, &RootELW<T>, &mut ControlFlow),
     {
-        x11_or_wayland!(match self; EventLoop(evlp) => evlp.pump_events(callback))
+        x11_or_wayland!(match self; EventLoop(evlp) => evlp.pump_events(timeout, callback))
     }
 
     pub fn window_target(&self) -> &crate::event_loop::EventLoopWindowTarget<T> {
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/linux/wayland/event_loop/mod.rs b/src/platform_impl/linux/wayland/event_loop/mod.rs
index 2a00afa626..053b0f26a9 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/linux/wayland/event_loop/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/linux/wayland/event_loop/mod.rs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoop<T> {
         }
 
         let exit = loop {
-            match self.pump_events_with_timeout(None, &mut event_handler) {
+            match self.pump_events(None, &mut event_handler) {
                 PumpStatus::Exit(0) => {
                     break Ok(());
                 }
@@ -176,18 +176,7 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoop<T> {
         exit
     }
 
-    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, event_handler: F) -> PumpStatus
-    where
-        F: FnMut(Event<'_, T>, &RootEventLoopWindowTarget<T>, &mut ControlFlow),
-    {
-        self.pump_events_with_timeout(Some(Duration::ZERO), event_handler)
-    }
-
-    fn pump_events_with_timeout<F>(
-        &mut self,
-        timeout: Option<Duration>,
-        mut callback: F,
-    ) -> PumpStatus
+    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, timeout: Option<Duration>, mut callback: F) -> PumpStatus
     where
         F: FnMut(Event<'_, T>, &RootEventLoopWindowTarget<T>, &mut ControlFlow),
     {
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/mod.rs b/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/mod.rs
index 897fded395..be7c442f86 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/mod.rs
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoop<T> {
         }
 
         let exit = loop {
-            match self.pump_events_with_timeout(None, &mut event_handler) {
+            match self.pump_events(None, &mut event_handler) {
                 PumpStatus::Exit(0) => {
                     break Ok(());
                 }
@@ -466,18 +466,7 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoop<T> {
         exit
     }
 
-    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, event_handler: F) -> PumpStatus
-    where
-        F: FnMut(Event<'_, T>, &RootELW<T>, &mut ControlFlow),
-    {
-        self.pump_events_with_timeout(Some(Duration::ZERO), event_handler)
-    }
-
-    fn pump_events_with_timeout<F>(
-        &mut self,
-        timeout: Option<Duration>,
-        mut callback: F,
-    ) -> PumpStatus
+    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, timeout: Option<Duration>, mut callback: F) -> PumpStatus
     where
         F: FnMut(Event<'_, T>, &RootELW<T>, &mut ControlFlow),
     {
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/macos/app_state.rs b/src/platform_impl/macos/app_state.rs
index c75bfc6a96..18f727314a 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/macos/app_state.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/macos/app_state.rs
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ impl AppState {
             Self::stop();
         }
         HANDLER.update_start_time();
-        let wait_timeout = HANDLER.wait_timeout(); // configured by pump_events_with_timeout
+        let wait_timeout = HANDLER.wait_timeout(); // configured by pump_events
         let app_timeout = match HANDLER.control_flow() {
             ControlFlow::Wait => None,
             ControlFlow::Poll | ControlFlow::ExitWithCode(_) => Some(Instant::now()),
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/macos/event_loop.rs b/src/platform_impl/macos/event_loop.rs
index 2623b3e45a..176c90e759 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/macos/event_loop.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/macos/event_loop.rs
@@ -291,14 +291,7 @@ impl<T> EventLoop<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, callback: F) -> PumpStatus
-    where
-        F: FnMut(Event<'_, T>, &RootWindowTarget<T>, &mut ControlFlow),
-    {
-        self.pump_events_with_timeout(Some(Duration::ZERO), callback)
-    }
-
-    fn pump_events_with_timeout<F>(&mut self, timeout: Option<Duration>, callback: F) -> PumpStatus
+    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, timeout: Option<Duration>, callback: F) -> PumpStatus
     where
         F: FnMut(Event<'_, T>, &RootWindowTarget<T>, &mut ControlFlow),
     {
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/windows/event_loop.rs b/src/platform_impl/windows/event_loop.rs
index 09103b818f..2b0de9236f 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/windows/event_loop.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/windows/event_loop.rs
@@ -296,18 +296,7 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoop<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, event_handler: F) -> PumpStatus
-    where
-        F: FnMut(Event<'_, T>, &RootELW<T>, &mut ControlFlow),
-    {
-        self.pump_events_with_timeout(Some(Duration::ZERO), event_handler)
-    }
-
-    fn pump_events_with_timeout<F>(
-        &mut self,
-        timeout: Option<Duration>,
-        mut event_handler: F,
-    ) -> PumpStatus
+    pub fn pump_events<F>(&mut self, timeout: Option<Duration>, mut event_handler: F) -> PumpStatus
     where
         F: FnMut(Event<'_, T>, &RootELW<T>, &mut ControlFlow),
     {