diff --git a/docs/content/dev/public_api.yml b/docs/content/dev/public_api.yml
index 17c84ae81..f51d4ed11 100644
--- a/docs/content/dev/public_api.yml
+++ b/docs/content/dev/public_api.yml
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ paths:
           content:
             text/plain:
               example: my-note
-  /notes/{note}/permissions:
+  /notes/{note}/metadata/permissions:
     put:
       tags: [ note ]
       summary: Set permissions of a note
diff --git a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
index e50437867..8cf74bb4b 100644
--- a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export class NotesController {
     }
   }
 
-  @Put(':noteIdOrAlias/permissions')
+  @Put(':noteIdOrAlias/metadata/permissions')
   async updateNotePermissions(
     @Param('noteIdOrAlias') noteIdOrAlias: string,
     @Body() updateDto: NotePermissionsUpdateDto,
diff --git a/src/notes/notes.service.ts b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
index 012a3898c..8e1f11284 100644
--- a/src/notes/notes.service.ts
+++ b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ export class NotesService {
     revisions.push(Revision.create(noteContent, noteContent));
     note.revisions = Promise.resolve(revisions);
     await this.noteRepository.save(note);
+    return this.toNoteDto(note);
   }
 
   async getNoteMetadata(noteIdOrAlias: string): Promise<NoteMetadataDto> {
diff --git a/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts b/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
index 1846511ee..38b2db779 100644
--- a/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
 
   it(`PUT /notes/{note}`, async () => {
     await notesService.createNote('This is a test note.', 'test4');
-    await request(app.getHttpServer())
+    const response = await request(app.getHttpServer())
       .put('/notes/test4')
       .set('Content-Type', 'text/markdown')
       .send('New note text')
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
     await expect(
       (await notesService.getNoteDtoByIdOrAlias('test4')).content,
     ).toEqual('New note text');
+    expect(response.body.content).toEqual('New note text');
 
     // check if a missing note correctly returns 404
     await request(app.getHttpServer())