diff --git a/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/canvas-intf.scrbl b/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/canvas-intf.scrbl
index cc18e9e2..117bd97a 100644
--- a/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/canvas-intf.scrbl
+++ b/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/canvas-intf.scrbl
@@ -138,6 +138,30 @@ drawing.
 }
 
 
+@defmethod[(get-scaled-client-size) (values dimension-integer? dimension-integer?)]{
+
+Returns the canvas's drawing-area dimensions in unscaled pixels---that
+is, without scaling (see @secref["display-resolution"]) that is
+implicitly applied to the canvas size and content.
+
+For example, when a canvas on Mac OS X resides on a Retina display, it
+has a backing scale of @racket[2], and so the results from
+@method[canvas<%> get-scaled-client-size] will be twice as large as results from
+@method[window<%> get-client-size]. If the same canvas's frame is dragged to a
+non-Retina screen, its backing scale can change to @racket[1], in
+which case @method[canvas<%> get-scaled-client-size] and
+@method[window<%> get-client-size] will produce the same value. Whether
+a canvas's backing scale can change depends on the platform.
+
+The size reported by @method[canvas<%> get-scaled-client-size] may match
+a viewport size for OpenGL drawing in @racket[canvas%] instance with
+the @racket['gl] style. On Mac OS X, however, the viewport will match
+the scaled size unless the canvas is created with a
+@racket[gl-config%] specification that is adjusted to high-resolution
+mode via @method[gl-config% set-hires-mode].
+
+@history[#:added "1.13"]}
+
 
 @defmethod*[([(min-client-height)
               dimension-integer?]
@@ -290,15 +314,4 @@ On Mac OS X, enables or disables space for a resize tab at the
 See @racket[canvas<%>] for information on canvas flushing.
 
 Beware that suspending flushing for a canvas can discourage refreshes
-for other windows in the same frame on some platforms.}
-
-@defmethod[(get-scaled-client-size) (values dimension-integer? dimension-integer?)]{
-
-Returns the dimensions that the canvas supports drawing to. On Mac OS
-X, this may be different than the result returned by
-@racket[get-client-size] when the canvas is in "High Resolution" mode and the display is Retina-enabled.}
-
-@history[#:added "1.13"]
-
-}
-
+for other windows in the same frame on some platforms.}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/gtk/canvas.rkt b/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/gtk/canvas.rkt
index 07fa9a36..c9e4ae70 100644
--- a/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/gtk/canvas.rkt
+++ b/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/gtk/canvas.rkt
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
        (define wb (box #f))
        (define hb (box #f))
        (get-client-size wb hb)
-       (values (unbox wb) (unbox hb)))
+       (values (->screen (unbox wb)) (->screen (unbox hb))))
 
      (define/override (get-client-gtk) client-gtk)
      (define/override (get-container-gtk) container-gtk)
diff --git a/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/win32/canvas.rkt b/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/win32/canvas.rkt
index 05e297a4..4a9a7937 100644
--- a/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/win32/canvas.rkt
+++ b/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/win32/canvas.rkt
@@ -176,12 +176,6 @@
        (and (memq 'control-border style)
             (OpenThemeData canvas-hwnd "Edit")))
 
-     (define/public (get-scaled-client-size)
-       (define wb (box #f))
-       (define hb (box #f))
-       (get-client-size wb hb)
-       (values (unbox wb) (unbox hb)))
-
      (define/override (get-content-hwnd)
        content-hwnd)
 
diff --git a/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/win32/window.rkt b/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/win32/window.rkt
index 0982520b..29f18cc0 100644
--- a/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/win32/window.rkt
+++ b/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/win32/window.rkt
@@ -483,9 +483,14 @@
   (define/public (on-drop-file p) (void))
 
   (define/public (get-client-size w h)
+    (define-values (uw uh) (get-scaled-client-size))
+    (set-box! w (->normal uw))
+    (set-box! h (->normal uh)))
+
+  (define/public (get-scaled-client-size)
     (let ([r (GetClientRect (get-client-hwnd))])
-      (set-box! w (->normal (- (RECT-right r) (RECT-left r))))
-      (set-box! h (->normal (- (RECT-bottom r) (RECT-top r))))))
+      (values (- (RECT-right r) (RECT-left r))
+              (- (RECT-bottom r) (RECT-top r)))))
 
   (define/public (get-size w h)
     (let ([r (GetWindowRect (get-client-hwnd))])