diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-servlet/viewresolver.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-servlet/viewresolver.adoc
index 96d9ceb063..b6728feb67 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-servlet/viewresolver.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/mvc-servlet/viewresolver.adoc
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ name (such as `redirect:/myapp/some/resource`) redirects relative to the current
 Servlet context, while a name such as `redirect:https://myhost.com/some/arbitrary/path`
 redirects to an absolute URL.
 
-Note that, if a controller method is annotated with the `@ResponseStatus`, the annotation
-value takes precedence over the response status set by `RedirectView`.
-
 
 [[mvc-redirecting-forward-prefix]]
 == Forwarding
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/ResponseStatus.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/ResponseStatus.java
index f69fef63fc..129605eec4 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/ResponseStatus.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/ResponseStatus.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
  * {@link #reason} that should be returned.
  *
  * <p>The status code is applied to the HTTP response when the handler
- * method is invoked and overrides status information set by other means,
- * like {@code ResponseEntity} or {@code "redirect:"}.
+ * method is invoked, but does not override status information set by other
+ * means, such as {@code ResponseEntity} or {@code "redirect:"}.
  *
  * <p><strong>Warning</strong>: when using this annotation on an exception
  * class, or when setting the {@code reason} attribute of this annotation,