diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
index 9dcf004149..1788e06baa 100644
--- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
@@ -462,6 +462,10 @@ Attributes
     A normal Python string representing the content, encoded from a Unicode
     object if necessary.
 
+.. attribute:: HttpResponse.status_code
+
+    The `HTTP Status code`_ for the response.
+
 Methods
 -------