diff --git a/freezegun/api.py b/freezegun/api.py
index 366d2cb..6f2ea09 100644
--- a/freezegun/api.py
+++ b/freezegun/api.py
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ def tick(self, delta=datetime.timedelta(seconds=1)):
             self.move_to(self.time_to_freeze + datetime.timedelta(seconds=delta))
         else:
             self.move_to(self.time_to_freeze + delta)
+        return self.time_to_freeze
 
     def move_to(self, target_datetime):
         """Moves frozen date to the given ``target_datetime``"""
@@ -523,6 +524,7 @@ def tick(self, delta=datetime.timedelta(seconds=1)):
             self.time_to_freeze += datetime.timedelta(seconds=delta)
         else:
             self.time_to_freeze += delta
+        return self.time_to_freeze
 
     def move_to(self, target_datetime):
         """Moves frozen date to the given ``target_datetime``"""
@@ -546,6 +548,7 @@ def tick(self, delta=None):
         if not delta:
             delta = datetime.timedelta(seconds=self.step_width)
         self.time_to_freeze += delta
+        return self.time_to_freeze
 
     def update_step_width(self, step_width):
         self.step_width = step_width
diff --git a/freezegun/api.pyi b/freezegun/api.pyi
index 2ff9bdc..c158fb0 100644
--- a/freezegun/api.pyi
+++ b/freezegun/api.pyi
@@ -10,17 +10,18 @@ _Freezable: TypeAlias = str | datetime | date | timedelta
 class TickingDateTimeFactory:
     def __init__(self, time_to_freeze: datetime, start: datetime) -> None: ...
     def __call__(self) -> datetime: ...
+    def tick(self, delta: float | Real | timedelta = ...) -> datetime: ...
 
 class FrozenDateTimeFactory:
     def __init__(self, time_to_freeze: datetime) -> None: ...
     def __call__(self) -> datetime: ...
-    def tick(self, delta: float | Real | timedelta = ...) -> None: ...
+    def tick(self, delta: float | Real | timedelta = ...) -> datetime: ...
     def move_to(self, target_datetime: _Freezable | None) -> None: ...
 
 class StepTickTimeFactory:
     def __init__(self, time_to_freeze: datetime, step_width: float) -> None: ...
     def __call__(self) -> datetime: ...
-    def tick(self, delta: timedelta | None = ...) -> None: ...
+    def tick(self, delta: timedelta | None = ...) -> datetime: ...
     def update_step_width(self, step_width: float) -> None: ...
     def move_to(self, target_datetime: _Freezable | None) -> None: ...
 
diff --git a/tests/test_datetimes.py b/tests/test_datetimes.py
index 0632f9f..17d1a05 100644
--- a/tests/test_datetimes.py
+++ b/tests/test_datetimes.py
@@ -162,33 +162,22 @@ def test_time_with_dst():
 
 
 def test_manual_increment():
-    initial_datetime = datetime.datetime(year=1, month=7, day=12,
-                                        hour=15, minute=6, second=3)
-    with freeze_time(initial_datetime) as frozen_datetime:
-        assert frozen_datetime() == initial_datetime
-
-        frozen_datetime.tick()
-        initial_datetime += datetime.timedelta(seconds=1)
-        assert frozen_datetime() == initial_datetime
-
-        frozen_datetime.tick(delta=datetime.timedelta(seconds=10))
-        initial_datetime += datetime.timedelta(seconds=10)
-        assert frozen_datetime() == initial_datetime
-
-
-def test_manual_increment_seconds():
     initial_datetime = datetime.datetime(year=1, month=7, day=12,
                                          hour=15, minute=6, second=3)
     with freeze_time(initial_datetime) as frozen_datetime:
         assert frozen_datetime() == initial_datetime
 
-        frozen_datetime.tick()
-        initial_datetime += datetime.timedelta(seconds=1)
-        assert frozen_datetime() == initial_datetime
+        expected = initial_datetime + datetime.timedelta(seconds=1)
+        assert frozen_datetime.tick() == expected
+        assert frozen_datetime() == expected
 
-        frozen_datetime.tick(10)
-        initial_datetime += datetime.timedelta(seconds=10)
-        assert frozen_datetime() == initial_datetime
+        expected = initial_datetime + datetime.timedelta(seconds=11)
+        assert frozen_datetime.tick(10) == expected
+        assert frozen_datetime() == expected
+
+        expected = initial_datetime + datetime.timedelta(seconds=21)
+        assert frozen_datetime.tick(delta=datetime.timedelta(seconds=10)) == expected
+        assert frozen_datetime() == expected
 
 
 def test_move_to():