diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index f19a69b36..0a94785b0 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ const char *HTTP_407_fmt =
"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
"Proxy-Authenticate: Basic realm=\"%s\"\r\n"
"\r\n"
- "401 Unauthorized
\nYou need a valid user and password to access this content.\n\n";
+ "407 Unauthorized
\nYou need a valid user and password to access this content.\n\n";
const int http_err_codes[HTTP_ERR_SIZE] = {