diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/ClientHttpResponse.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/ClientHttpResponse.java
index b3b08c2350..f0ecff26eb 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/ClientHttpResponse.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/ClientHttpResponse.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 
 /**
  * Represents a client-side HTTP response.
- * Obtained via an calling of the {@link ClientHttpRequest#execute()}.
+ *
+ * <p>Obtained via an invocation of {@link ClientHttpRequest#execute()}.
  *
  * <p>A {@code ClientHttpResponse} must be {@linkplain #close() closed},
  * typically in a {@code finally} block.
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 public interface ClientHttpResponse extends HttpInputMessage, Closeable {
 
 	/**
-	 * Return the HTTP status code as an {@link HttpStatus} enum value.
+	 * Get the HTTP status code as an {@link HttpStatus} enum value.
+	 * <p>For status codes not supported by {@code HttpStatus}, use
+	 * {@link #getRawStatusCode()} instead.
 	 * @return the HTTP status as an HttpStatus enum value (never {@code null})
 	 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException in case of an unknown HTTP status code
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ public interface ClientHttpResponse extends HttpInputMessage, Closeable {
 	HttpStatus getStatusCode() throws IOException;
 
 	/**
-	 * Return the HTTP status code (potentially non-standard and not
+	 * Get the HTTP status code (potentially non-standard and not
 	 * resolvable through the {@link HttpStatus} enum) as an integer.
 	 * @return the HTTP status as an integer value
 	 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ public interface ClientHttpResponse extends HttpInputMessage, Closeable {
 	int getRawStatusCode() throws IOException;
 
 	/**
-	 * Return the HTTP status text of the response.
+	 * Get the HTTP status text of the response.
 	 * @return the HTTP status text
 	 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
 	 */