diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 27f246c..4f219e0 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -310,9 +310,9 @@ Retrieving Files
       A convenient wrapper around :py:meth:`Zotero.file()`. Writes an attachment to disk using the optional path and filename.
       If neither are supplied, the file is written to the current working
       directory, and a :py:meth:`Zotero.item()` call is first made to determine the attachment
-      filename. No error checking is done regarding the path.
+      filename. No error checking is done regarding the path. If successful, the full path including the file name is returned.
 
-      .. note:: HTML snapshots will be dumped as zip files, with "zip" appended to the file name.
+      .. note:: HTML snapshots will be dumped as zip files. These will be named with their API item key, and a .zip extension.
 
       .. code-block:: python
 
diff --git a/pyzotero/zotero.py b/pyzotero/zotero.py
index 0888fc4..e128985 100644
--- a/pyzotero/zotero.py
+++ b/pyzotero/zotero.py
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ def dump(self, itemkey, filename=None, path=None):
             try:
                 filename = self.item(itemkey)['data']['filename']
             except TypeError:
-                filename = "item.html.zip"
+                filename = "{i}.zip".format(i=itemkey)
         if path:
             pth = os.path.join(path, filename)
         else:
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ def dump(self, itemkey, filename=None, path=None):
         to_write = self.file(itemkey)
         with open(pth, 'wb') as f:
             f.write(to_write)
+        return pth
 
     @retrieve
     def children(self, item, **kwargs):