diff --git a/buffer/buffer_puts.c b/buffer/buffer_puts.c
index 2efb612..e53f675 100644
--- a/buffer/buffer_puts.c
+++ b/buffer/buffer_puts.c
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 #include "buffer.h"
 
 int buffer_puts(buffer* b,const char* x) {
-  buffer_put(b,x,str_len(x));
+  return buffer_put(b,x,str_len(x));
 }
diff --git a/buffer/buffer_putsalign.c b/buffer/buffer_putsalign.c
index a6345e6..1ca7871 100644
--- a/buffer/buffer_putsalign.c
+++ b/buffer/buffer_putsalign.c
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 #include "buffer.h"
 
 int buffer_puts(buffer* b,const char* x) {
-  buffer_putalign(b,x,str_len(x));
+  return buffer_putalign(b,x,str_len(x));
 }