diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 32d04c0..1c7ce5f 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-0.6.17
+0.6.17 (not yet released)
 ------
 
 Bug Fixes
 
     - Fixed bug with bools not converted in numpy_util.dict2arr
+    - stats were not being returned from stat.print_stats
 
 0.6.16
 ------
diff --git a/esutil/stat/util.py b/esutil/stat/util.py
index 150ea6b..96ea566 100644
--- a/esutil/stat/util.py
+++ b/esutil/stat/util.py
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ def print_stats(arr, nsigma=1.0, **kw):
 
     kw["doprint"] = True
     kw["nsigma_print"] = nsigma
-    get_stats(arr, **kw)
+    return get_stats(arr, **kw)
 
 
 def wmom(