diff --git a/src/ecss/tc.rs b/src/ecss/tc.rs
index 69d65ea..fcdedfc 100644
--- a/src/ecss/tc.rs
+++ b/src/ecss/tc.rs
@@ -380,7 +380,9 @@ impl WritablePusPacket for PusTcCreator<'_> {
         PUS_TC_MIN_LEN_WITHOUT_APP_DATA + self.app_data.len()
     }
 
-    /// Write the raw PUS byte representation to a provided buffer.
+    /// Writes the packet to the given slice without writing the CRC.
+    ///
+    /// The returned size is the written size WITHOUT the CRC.
     fn write_to_bytes_no_crc(&self, slice: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, PusError> {
         let mut curr_idx = 0;
         let tc_header_len = size_of::<zc::PusTcSecondaryHeader>();
@@ -679,7 +681,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut test_buf: [u8; 32] = [0; 32];
         let size = pus_tc
             .write_to_bytes_crc_no_table(test_buf.as_mut_slice())
-            .expect("Error writing TC to buffer");
+            .expect("error writing tc to buffer");
         assert_eq!(size, 13);
         assert_eq!(
             pus_tc.opt_crc16().unwrap(),
@@ -687,6 +689,18 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serialization_no_crc() {
+        let pus_tc = base_ping_tc_simple_ctor();
+        let mut test_buf: [u8; 32] = [0; 32];
+        let size = pus_tc
+            .write_to_bytes_no_crc(test_buf.as_mut_slice())
+            .expect("error writing tc to buffer");
+        assert_eq!(size, 11);
+        assert_eq!(test_buf[11], 0);
+        assert_eq!(test_buf[12], 0);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_deserialization() {
         let pus_tc = base_ping_tc_simple_ctor();
diff --git a/src/ecss/tm.rs b/src/ecss/tm.rs
index 865d681..8fababe 100644
--- a/src/ecss/tm.rs
+++ b/src/ecss/tm.rs
@@ -977,6 +977,19 @@ mod tests {
         verify_raw_ping_reply(pus_tm.opt_crc16().unwrap(), &buf);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serialization_no_source_data_no_crc() {
+        let timestamp = dummy_timestamp();
+        let pus_tm = base_ping_reply_full_ctor(timestamp);
+        let mut buf: [u8; 32] = [0; 32];
+        let ser_len = pus_tm
+            .write_to_bytes_no_crc(&mut buf)
+            .expect("Serialization failed");
+        assert_eq!(ser_len, 20);
+        assert_eq!(buf[20], 0);
+        assert_eq!(buf[21], 0);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_serialization_with_source_data() {
         let src_data = [1, 2, 3];