diff --git a/pygeoapi/util.py b/pygeoapi/util.py
index b60e187a0..4dce4e997 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/util.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/util.py
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def human_size(nbytes: int) -> str:
         i += 1
 
     if suffixes[i] == 'K':
-        f = str(int(nbytes)).rstrip('0').rstrip('.')
+        f = str(int(nbytes))
     elif suffixes[i] == 'B':
         return nbytes
     else:
diff --git a/tests/other/test_util.py b/tests/other/test_util.py
index 7cb321019..2a471e21c 100644
--- a/tests/other/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/other/test_util.py
@@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ def test_json_serial():
         util.json_serial('foo')
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('nbytes,expected', [
+    (500, 500),
+    (1024, '1K'),
+    (1536, '1K'),
+    (10240, '10K'),
+    (102400, '100K'),
+    (1048576, '1M'),
+    (1572864, '1.5M'),
+    (10485760, '10M'),
+    (1073741824, '1G'),
+])
+def test_human_size(nbytes, expected):
+    assert util.human_size(nbytes) == expected
+
+
 def test_mimetype():
     assert util.get_mimetype('file.xml') == 'application/xml'
     assert util.get_mimetype('file.yml') == 'text/plain'