diff --git a/docs/api/response.md b/docs/api/response.md
index a4978f4..ea31694 100644
--- a/docs/api/response.md
+++ b/docs/api/response.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 ### res.status
 
-  Get response status.
+  Get response status. By default, `res.status` is not set unlike node's `res.statusCode` which defaults to `200`.
 
 ### res.status=
 
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@ so you can make a correction.
 
 ### res.body
 
-  Get response body. When `res.body` is `null` and `res.status` is still
-  200 it is considered a 404. This is to prevent the developer from manually
-  specifying `this.status = 200` on every response.
+  Get response body.
 
 ### res.body=
 
@@ -104,6 +102,8 @@ so you can make a correction.
   - `Object` json-stringified
   - `null` no content response
 
+  If `res.status` has been set, Koa will automatically set the status to `200` or `204`.
+
 #### String
 
   The Content-Type is defaulted to text/html or text/plain, both with