diff --git a/src/dir.rs b/src/dir.rs
index a5d1112..f2e4b2c 100644
--- a/src/dir.rs
+++ b/src/dir.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::error::*;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::fs::{create_dir, create_dir_all, read_dir, remove_dir_all, Metadata};
+ tuse std::io::ErrorKind as IoErrorKind;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::time::SystemTime;
 
@@ -469,16 +470,16 @@ where
 ///
 /// * `erase` - If set true and folder exist, then folder will be erased.
 ///
-/// #Errors
+/// # Errors
 ///
 /// This function will return an error in the following situations,
 /// but is not limited to just these cases:
 ///
 /// * User lacks permissions to create directory at `path`.
 ///
-/// * `path` already exists if `erase` set false.
+/// If the directory already exists, no error will be returned.
 ///
-/// #Examples
+/// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```rust,ignore
 /// extern crate fs_extra;
@@ -493,7 +494,13 @@ where
     if erase && path.as_ref().exists() {
         remove(&path)?;
     }
-    Ok(create_dir(&path)?)
+
+    match create_dir(&path) {
+        // if it fails because it exists, we ignore it
+        Err(err) if err.kind() == IoErrorKind::AlreadyExists => Ok(()),
+        Err(err) => Err(err.into()),
+        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
+    }
 }
 
 /// Recursively create a directory and all of its parent components if they are missing.
@@ -504,16 +511,16 @@ where
 ///
 /// * `erase` - If set true and folder exist, then folder will be erased.
 ///
-///#Errors
+/// # Errors
 ///
 /// This function will return an error in the following situations,
 /// but is not limited to just these cases:
 ///
 /// * User lacks permissions to create directory at `path`.
 ///
-/// * `path` already exists if `erase` set false.
+/// If the directory already exists, no error will be returned.
 ///
-/// #Examples
+/// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```rust,ignore
 /// extern crate fs_extra;
diff --git a/tests/dir.rs b/tests/dir.rs
index 2647066..b411956 100644
--- a/tests/dir.rs
+++ b/tests/dir.rs
@@ -135,18 +135,8 @@ fn it_create_exist_folder() {
     fs_extra::file::write_all(&file_path, &content).unwrap();
     assert!(file_path.exists());
 
-    match create(&test_dir, false) {
-        Ok(_) => panic!("Should be error!"),
-        Err(err) => match err.kind {
-            ErrorKind::AlreadyExists => {
-                assert!(test_dir.exists());
-                assert!(file_path.exists());
-                let new_content = fs_extra::file::read_to_string(file_path).unwrap();
-                assert_eq!(new_content, content);
-            }
-            _ => panic!("Wrong error"),
-        },
-    }
+    let result = create(&test_dir, false);
+    assert!(result.is_ok());
 }
 
 #[test]