diff --git a/include/fastdds/dds/publisher/DataWriter.hpp b/include/fastdds/dds/publisher/DataWriter.hpp
index f9316c0294a..2ab8dcaf71f 100644
--- a/include/fastdds/dds/publisher/DataWriter.hpp
+++ b/include/fastdds/dds/publisher/DataWriter.hpp
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ class DataWriter : public DomainEntity
      * Write data to the topic.
      *
      * @param data Pointer to the data
-     * @return True if correct, false otherwise
+     * @return RETCODE_OK if the data is correctly sent and RETCODE_ERROR otherwise.
      */
-    FASTDDS_EXPORTED_API bool write(
+    FASTDDS_EXPORTED_API ReturnCode_t write(
             const void* const data);
 
     /**
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ class DataWriter : public DomainEntity
      *
      * @param data Pointer to the data
      * @param params Extra write parameters.
-     * @return True if correct, false otherwise
+     * @return RETCODE_OK if the data is correctly sent and RETCODE_ERROR otherwise.
      */
-    FASTDDS_EXPORTED_API bool write(
+    FASTDDS_EXPORTED_API ReturnCode_t write(
             const void* const data,
             fastdds::rtps::WriteParams& params);
 
diff --git a/src/cpp/fastdds/publisher/DataWriter.cpp b/src/cpp/fastdds/publisher/DataWriter.cpp
index a3d7ae1c9a2..f00eb6bb73f 100644
--- a/src/cpp/fastdds/publisher/DataWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/fastdds/publisher/DataWriter.cpp
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ ReturnCode_t DataWriter::discard_loan(
     return impl_->discard_loan(sample);
 }
 
-bool DataWriter::write(
+ReturnCode_t DataWriter::write(
         const void* const data)
 {
     return impl_->write(data);
 }
 
-bool DataWriter::write(
+ReturnCode_t DataWriter::write(
         const void* const data,
         fastdds::rtps::WriteParams& params)
 {