diff --git a/masque/file/oasis.py b/masque/file/oasis.py
index 0a11b24..5e343ea 100644
--- a/masque/file/oasis.py
+++ b/masque/file/oasis.py
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ def writefile(
     Args:
         library: A {name: Pattern} mapping of patterns to write.
         filename: Filename to save to.
-        *args: passed to `oasis.write`
-        **kwargs: passed to `oasis.write`
+        *args: passed to `oasis.build()`
+        **kwargs: passed to `oasis.build()`
     """
     path = pathlib.Path(filename)
 
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ def readfile(
     Will automatically decompress gzipped files.
 
     Args:
-        filename: Filename to save to.
-        *args: passed to `oasis.read`
-        **kwargs: passed to `oasis.read`
+        filename: Filename to load from.
+        *args: passed to `oasis.read()`
+        **kwargs: passed to `oasis.read()`
     """
     path = pathlib.Path(filename)
     if is_gzipped(path):
@@ -717,10 +717,6 @@ def properties_to_annotations(
         annotations[key] = values
     return annotations
 
-    properties = [fatrec.Property(key, vals, is_standard=False)
-                  for key, vals in annotations.items()]
-    return properties
-
 
 def check_valid_names(
         names: Iterable[str],