diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/osutils/freebsd.py b/cloudbaseinit/osutils/freebsd.py
index 49fe91b..48ab7b9 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/osutils/freebsd.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/osutils/freebsd.py
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ def reboot(self):
             raise OSError('Reboot failed')
 
     def user_exists(self, username):
+        '''
+        :return: bool
+        '''
         try:
-            subprocess.check_output(["id", username])
+            subprocess.check_output(['id', username])
         except CalledProcessError:
             return False
         return True
diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/tests/osutils/test_freebsd.py b/cloudbaseinit/tests/osutils/test_freebsd.py
index e34b950..fe95757 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/tests/osutils/test_freebsd.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/tests/osutils/test_freebsd.py
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ def teardown_method(self, method):
     def test_reboot(self, system):
         with raises(OSError):
             self.bsd.reboot()
+
+    def test_user_exists(self):
+        assert not self.bsd.user_exists('stranger')
+        assert self.bsd.user_exists('root')