diff --git a/lib/libwebsockets.h b/lib/libwebsockets.h
index 2a9e92a3..1620d8ed 100644
--- a/lib/libwebsockets.h
+++ b/lib/libwebsockets.h
@@ -4520,7 +4520,7 @@ lws_return_http_status(struct lws *wsi, unsigned int code,
 		       const char *html_body);
 
 /**
- * lws_http_redirect() - write http redirect into buffer
+ * lws_http_redirect() - write http redirect out on wsi
  *
  * \param wsi:	websocket connection
  * \param code:	HTTP response code (eg, 301)
@@ -4528,6 +4528,8 @@ lws_return_http_status(struct lws *wsi, unsigned int code,
  * \param len:	length of loc
  * \param p:	pointer current position in buffer (updated as we write)
  * \param end:	pointer to end of buffer
+ *
+ * Returns amount written, or < 0 indicating fatal write failure.
  */
 LWS_VISIBLE LWS_EXTERN int LWS_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
 lws_http_redirect(struct lws *wsi, int code, const unsigned char *loc, int len,
diff --git a/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-form-post-file/minimal-http-server-form-post-file.c b/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-form-post-file/minimal-http-server-form-post-file.c
index e974821b..a819e3f9 100644
--- a/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-form-post-file/minimal-http-server-form-post-file.c
+++ b/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-form-post-file/minimal-http-server-form-post-file.c
@@ -162,18 +162,7 @@ callback_http(struct lws *wsi, enum lws_callback_reasons reason, void *user,
 
 		if (lws_http_redirect(wsi, HTTP_STATUS_MOVED_PERMANENTLY,
 				      (unsigned char *)"after-form1.html",
-				      16, &p, end))
-			return -1;
-
-		/* we could add more headers here */
-
-		if (lws_finalize_http_header(wsi, &p, end))
-			return -1;
-
-		n = lws_write(wsi, start, lws_ptr_diff(p, start),
-			      LWS_WRITE_HTTP_HEADERS |
-			      LWS_WRITE_H2_STREAM_END);
-		if (n < 0)
+				      16, &p, end) < 0)
 			return -1;
 
 		break;
diff --git a/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-form-post/minimal-http-server-form-post.c b/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-form-post/minimal-http-server-form-post.c
index 10c73e90..2f50863a 100644
--- a/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-form-post/minimal-http-server-form-post.c
+++ b/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-form-post/minimal-http-server-form-post.c
@@ -106,20 +106,8 @@ callback_http(struct lws *wsi, enum lws_callback_reasons reason, void *user,
 
 		if (lws_http_redirect(wsi, HTTP_STATUS_MOVED_PERMANENTLY,
 				      (unsigned char *)"after-form1.html",
-				      16, &p, end))
+				      16, &p, end) < 0)
 			return -1;
-
-		/* we could add more headers here */
-
-		if (lws_finalize_http_header(wsi, &p, end))
-			return -1;
-
-		n = lws_write(wsi, start, lws_ptr_diff(p, start),
-			      LWS_WRITE_HTTP_HEADERS |
-			      LWS_WRITE_H2_STREAM_END);
-		if (n < 0)
-			return -1;
-
 		break;
 
 	case LWS_CALLBACK_HTTP_DROP_PROTOCOL: