diff --git a/lib/libutil/quotafile.3 b/lib/libutil/quotafile.3
index a414a99a0275..d819f6199058 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/quotafile.3
+++ b/lib/libutil/quotafile.3
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 .Ft "struct quotafile *"
 .Fn quota_create "const char *path"
 .Ft int
-.Fn quota_read "struct quotafile *qf" "struct dqblk *dqb" "int type"
+.Fn quota_read "struct quotafile *qf" "struct dqblk *dqb" "int id"
 .Ft int
-.Fn quota_write "struct quotafile *qf" "const struct dqblk *dqb" "int type"
+.Fn quota_write "struct quotafile *qf" "const struct dqblk *dqb" "int id"
 .Ft int
 .Fn quota_close "struct quotafile *qf"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/lib/libutil/quotafile.c b/lib/libutil/quotafile.c
index a4258b1ef301..c175df0b21ce 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/quotafile.c
+++ b/lib/libutil/quotafile.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ quota_write32(struct quotafile *qf, const struct dqblk *dqb, int id)
 	off = id * sizeof(struct dqblk32);
 	if (lseek(qf->fd, off, SEEK_SET) == -1)
 		return (-1);
-	return (write(qf->fd, &dqb32, sizeof(dqb32)));
+	return (write(qf->fd, &dqb32, sizeof(dqb32)) == -1);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ quota_write64(struct quotafile *qf, const struct dqblk *dqb, int id)
 	off = sizeof(struct dqhdr64) + id * sizeof(struct dqblk64);
 	if (lseek(qf->fd, off, SEEK_SET) == -1)
 		return (-1);
-	return (write(qf->fd, &dqb64, sizeof(dqb64)));
+	return (write(qf->fd, &dqb64, sizeof(dqb64)) == -1);
 }
 
 int