How do I eject a USB drive?!

Just bought a time capsule which Im pretty happy with, bar a couple of things.. 1 being I don't seem to be able to eject the USB drive thats plugged into it. I don't want to simply pull it out as that isn't very wise at all
any tips?
thanks!
Nick

doh! heres me reading other threads where it says I should be able to eject it from the Airport utility and it looks like I can simply right click and eject from the finder! :-)
(Im assuming that means its ejected anyhow - it stills appears in the list on my time capsule once ejected)

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