diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateExchangeTags.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateExchangeTags.java
index 33d4310576..0250f19431 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateExchangeTags.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateExchangeTags.java
@@ -131,43 +131,36 @@ public final class RestTemplateExchangeTags {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a {@code outcome} {@code Tag} derived from the
+	 * Creates an {@code outcome} {@code Tag} derived from the
 	 * {@link ClientHttpResponse#getStatusCode() status} of the given {@code response}.
 	 * @param response the response
 	 * @return the outcome tag
 	 * @since 2.2.0
 	 */
 	public static Tag outcome(ClientHttpResponse response) {
-		HttpStatus status = extractStatus(response);
-		if (status != null) {
-			if (status.is1xxInformational()) {
-				return OUTCOME_INFORMATIONAL;
-			}
-			if (status.is2xxSuccessful()) {
-				return OUTCOME_SUCCESS;
-			}
-			if (status.is3xxRedirection()) {
-				return OUTCOME_REDIRECTION;
-			}
-			if (status.is4xxClientError()) {
-				return OUTCOME_CLIENT_ERROR;
-			}
-			if (status.is5xxServerError()) {
-				return OUTCOME_SERVER_ERROR;
-			}
-		}
-		return OUTCOME_UNKNOWN;
-	}
-
-	private static HttpStatus extractStatus(ClientHttpResponse response) {
 		try {
 			if (response != null) {
-				return response.getStatusCode();
+				HttpStatus statusCode = response.getStatusCode();
+				if (statusCode.is1xxInformational()) {
+					return OUTCOME_INFORMATIONAL;
+				}
+				if (statusCode.is2xxSuccessful()) {
+					return OUTCOME_SUCCESS;
+				}
+				if (statusCode.is3xxRedirection()) {
+					return OUTCOME_REDIRECTION;
+				}
+				if (statusCode.is4xxClientError()) {
+					return OUTCOME_CLIENT_ERROR;
+				}
+				if (statusCode.is5xxServerError()) {
+					return OUTCOME_SERVER_ERROR;
+				}
 			}
-			return null;
+			return OUTCOME_UNKNOWN;
 		}
-		catch (IOException | IllegalArgumentException exc) {
-			return null;
+		catch (IOException | IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+			return OUTCOME_UNKNOWN;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTags.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTags.java
index 8d488c25ae..25adc976d1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTags.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTags.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public final class WebClientExchangeTags {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a {@code outcome} {@code Tag} derived from the
+	 * Creates an {@code outcome} {@code Tag} derived from the
 	 * {@link ClientResponse#statusCode() status} of the given {@code response}.
 	 * @param response the response
 	 * @return the outcome tag
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateExchangeTagsTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateExchangeTagsTests.java
index 14614b53e6..6f1c7cc16a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateExchangeTagsTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateExchangeTagsTests.java
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
  *
  * @author Nishant Raut
  * @author Brian Clozel
- * @author Brian Clozel
  */
 public class RestTemplateExchangeTagsTests {
 
 	@Test
-	public void outcomeTagIsUnknownWhenResponseStatusIsNull() {
+	public void outcomeTagIsUnknownWhenResponseIsNull() {
 		Tag tag = RestTemplateExchangeTags.outcome(null);
 		assertThat(tag.getValue()).isEqualTo("UNKNOWN");
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTagsTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTagsTests.java
index 686db658a5..5133bd8527 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTagsTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTagsTests.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
 /**
- * Tests for {@link WebClientExchangeTags}
+ * Tests for {@link WebClientExchangeTags}.
  *
  * @author Brian Clozel
  * @author Nishant Raut
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class WebClientExchangeTagsTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void outcomeTagIsUnknownWhenResponseStatusIsNull() {
+	public void outcomeTagIsUnknownWhenResponseIsNull() {
 		Tag tag = WebClientExchangeTags.outcome(null);
 		assertThat(tag.getValue()).isEqualTo("UNKNOWN");
 	}
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class WebClientExchangeTagsTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void outcomeTagIsUknownWhenResponseStatusIsUknown() {
+	public void outcomeTagIsUnknownWhenResponseStatusIsUnknown() {
 		given(this.response.statusCode()).willThrow(IllegalArgumentException.class);
 		Tag tag = WebClientExchangeTags.outcome(this.response);
 		assertThat(tag.getValue()).isEqualTo("UNKNOWN");