diff --git a/dascore/io/wav/core.py b/dascore/io/wav/core.py
index d457fd29..c6d6fd92 100644
--- a/dascore/io/wav/core.py
+++ b/dascore/io/wav/core.py
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ def write(
         Parameters
         ----------
         resource
-            If a path that ends with .wav, write all the distance channels
-            to a single file. If not, assume the path is a directory and write
-            each distance channel to its own wav file.
+            If a path that ends with .wav, write all non-time channels
+            to a single file. If not, assume the path is a directory and
+            write each non-time channel to its own wav file.
         resample_frequency
             A resample frequency in Hz. If None, do not perform resampling.
             Often DAS has non-int sampling rates, so the default resampling
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def write(
             and normalized before writing.
 
             - If a single wavefile is specified with the path argument, and
-            the output the patch has more than one len along the distance
+            the output the patch has more than one len along the non-time
             dimension, a multi-channel wavefile is created. There may be some
             players that do not support multi-channel wavefiles.
 
@@ -62,14 +62,8 @@ def write(
             write(filename=str(resource), rate=int(sr), data=data)
         else:  # write data to directory, one file for each non-time
             resource.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
-            non_time_name = next(
-                iter(
-                    set(patch.dims)
-                    - {
-                        "time",
-                    }
-                )
-            )
+            non_time_set = set(patch.dims) - {"time"}
+            non_time_name = next(iter(non_time_set))
             non_time = patch.coords.get_array(non_time_name)
             for ind, val in enumerate(non_time):
                 sub_data = np.take(data, ind, axis=1)
diff --git a/tests/test_io/test_wav/test_wav.py b/tests/test_io/test_wav/test_wav.py
index 62043eb0..c3a91dba 100644
--- a/tests/test_io/test_wav/test_wav.py
+++ b/tests/test_io/test_wav/test_wav.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 import dascore as dc
 
+ONE_SECOND = dc.to_timedelta64(1)
+
 
 class TestWriteWav:
     """Tests for writing wav format to disk."""
@@ -58,3 +60,12 @@ def test_write_non_distance_dims(
         patch = audio_patch_non_distance_dim
         patch.io.write(path, "wav")
         assert path.exists()
+        # Verify number of WAV files
+        wavs = list(path.rglob("*.wav"))
+        assert len(wavs) == len(patch.coords.get_array("microphone"))
+        # Verify file naming
+        for mic_val in patch.coords.get_array("microphone"):
+            assert path / f"microphone_{mic_val}.wav" in wavs
+            # Verify content of first file
+            sr, data = read_wav(str(wavs[0]))
+        assert sr == int(ONE_SECOND / patch.get_coord("time").step)