diff --git a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
index c3b227d7..c5cf6f80 100644
--- a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
+++ b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ size_t ZDICT_finalizeDictionary(void* dictBuffer, size_t dictBufferCapacity,
     U32 const notificationLevel = params.notificationLevel;
 
     /* check conditions */
-    if (dictBufferCapacity <= dictContentSize) return ERROR(dstSize_tooSmall);
+    if (dictBufferCapacity < dictContentSize) return ERROR(dstSize_tooSmall);
     if (dictContentSize < ZDICT_CONTENTSIZE_MIN) return ERROR(srcSize_wrong);
     if (dictBufferCapacity < ZDICT_DICTSIZE_MIN) return ERROR(dstSize_tooSmall);
 
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ size_t ZDICT_finalizeDictionary(void* dictBuffer, size_t dictBufferCapacity,
     }
 
     /* copy elements in final buffer ; note : src and dst buffer can overlap */
-    if (hSize + dictContentSize < dictBufferCapacity) dictContentSize = dictBufferCapacity - hSize;
+    if (hSize + dictContentSize > dictBufferCapacity) dictContentSize = dictBufferCapacity - hSize;
     {   size_t const dictSize = hSize + dictContentSize;
         char* dictEnd = (char*)dictBuffer + dictSize;
         memmove(dictEnd - dictContentSize, customDictContent, dictContentSize);
diff --git a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h
index 8dabfd5e..0641e36f 100644
--- a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h
+++ b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ZDICTLIB_API size_t ZDICT_trainFromBuffer_advanced(void* dictBuffer, size_t dict
     supplied with an array of sizes `samplesSizes`, providing the size of each sample in order.
 
     dictContentSize must be > ZDICT_CONTENTSIZE_MIN bytes.
-    maxDictSize must be > dictContentSize, and must be > ZDICT_DICTSIZE_MIN bytes.
+    maxDictSize must be >= dictContentSize, and must be > ZDICT_DICTSIZE_MIN bytes.
 
     @return : size of dictionary stored into `dictBuffer` (<= `dictBufferCapacity`),
               or an error code, which can be tested by ZDICT_isError().