diff --git a/Language/Functions/Bits and Bytes/bitWrite.adoc b/Language/Functions/Bits and Bytes/bitWrite.adoc
index b12982ed5..edba71380 100644
--- a/Language/Functions/Bits and Bytes/bitWrite.adoc	
+++ b/Language/Functions/Bits and Bytes/bitWrite.adoc	
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Writes a bit of a numeric variable.
 
 [float]
 === Returns
-Nothing
+x: the value of the numeric variable after the bit at position n is written.
 
 --
 // OVERVIEW SECTION ENDS
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ void setup() {
   Serial.println(x, BIN); // 10000000
   bitWrite(x, 0, 1);  // write 1 to the least significant bit of x
   Serial.println(x, BIN); // 10000001
+  Serial.println(bitWrite(x, 1, 1), BIN); // 10000011
 }
 
 void loop() {}