diff --git a/scrapy/tests/test_utils_url.py b/scrapy/tests/test_utils_url.py
index ffd377444..cd4c87ff5 100644
--- a/scrapy/tests/test_utils_url.py
+++ b/scrapy/tests/test_utils_url.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class UrlUtilsTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(add_or_replace_parameter("http://domain/moreInfo.asp?prodID=", 'prodID', '20'),
                          'http://domain/moreInfo.asp?prodID=20')
         url = 'http://rmc-offers.co.uk/productlist.asp?BCat=2%2C60&CatID=60'
-        self.assertEqual(add_or_replace_parameter(url, 'BCat', 'newvalue', is_quoted=True),
+        self.assertEqual(add_or_replace_parameter(url, 'BCat', 'newvalue', url_is_quoted=True),
                          'http://rmc-offers.co.uk/productlist.asp?BCat=newvalue&CatID=60')
         url = 'http://rmc-offers.co.uk/productlist.asp?BCat=2,60&CatID=60'
         self.assertEqual(add_or_replace_parameter(url, 'BCat', 'newvalue'),
diff --git a/scrapy/utils/url.py b/scrapy/utils/url.py
index 938c1097f..e8265d8ec 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/url.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/url.py
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ def is_url(text):
 def url_query_parameter(url, parameter, default=None, keep_blank_values=0):
     """Return the value of a url parameter, given the url and parameter name"""
     queryparams = cgi.parse_qs(urlparse.urlsplit(str(url))[3], keep_blank_values=keep_blank_values)
-    result = queryparams.get(parameter, [default])[0]
-    return result
+    return queryparams.get(parameter, [default])[0]
 
 def url_query_cleaner(url, parameterlist=(), sep='&', kvsep='='):
     """Clean url arguments leaving only those passed in the parameterlist"""