diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 76647e5e3..b4827e00f 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -22838,7 +22838,9 @@ set-cookie([<name>]) : string (deprecated)
 status : integer
   Returns an integer containing the HTTP status code in the HTTP response, for
   example, 302. It is mostly used within ACLs and integer ranges, for example,
-  to remove any Location header if the response is not a 3xx.
+  to remove any Location header if the response is not a 3xx. It will be the
+  status code received by the client if it is not changed, via a 'set-status'
+  action for instance.
 
   It may be used in tcp-check based expect rules.