diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpResponseSnippet.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpResponseSnippet.java
index 8ad1654e..7e4a9c11 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpResponseSnippet.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpResponseSnippet.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2019 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.
@@ -56,12 +56,18 @@ public class HttpResponseSnippet extends TemplatedSnippet {
 	@Override
 	protected Map<String, Object> createModel(Operation operation) {
 		OperationResponse response = operation.getResponse();
-		HttpStatus status = response.getStatus();
 		Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<>();
 		model.put("responseBody", responseBody(response));
-		model.put("statusCode", status.value());
-		model.put("statusReason", status.getReasonPhrase());
 		model.put("headers", headers(response));
+		HttpStatus status = response.getStatus();
+		if (status != null) {
+			model.put("statusCode", status.value());
+			model.put("statusReason", status.getReasonPhrase());
+		}
+		else {
+			model.put("statusCode", response.getStatusCode());
+			model.put("statusReason", "");
+		}
 		return model;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/AbstractSnippetTests.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/AbstractSnippetTests.java
index f04afe0b..0dabb13f 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/AbstractSnippetTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/AbstractSnippetTests.java
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractSnippetTests {
 		return SnippetConditions.httpResponse(this.templateFormat, responseStatus);
 	}
 
+	public HttpResponseCondition httpResponse(int responseStatusCode) {
+		return SnippetConditions.httpResponse(this.templateFormat, responseStatusCode, "");
+	}
+
 	protected FileSystemResource snippetResource(String name) {
 		return new FileSystemResource(
 				"src/test/resources/custom-snippet-templates/" + this.templateFormat.getId() + "/" + name + ".snippet");
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpResponseSnippetTests.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpResponseSnippetTests.java
index bf701b43..30287183 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpResponseSnippetTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/http/HttpResponseSnippetTests.java
@@ -97,4 +97,10 @@ public class HttpResponseSnippetTests extends AbstractSnippetTests {
 		assertThat(this.generatedSnippets.httpResponse()).contains("Title for the response");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void responseWithCustomStatus() throws IOException {
+		new HttpResponseSnippet().document(this.operationBuilder.response().status(215).build());
+		assertThat(this.generatedSnippets.httpResponse()).is(httpResponse(215));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/test/SnippetConditions.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/test/SnippetConditions.java
index 657b3e57..de574f19 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/test/SnippetConditions.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/test/SnippetConditions.java
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ public final class SnippetConditions {
 		return new HttpResponseCondition(status, new MarkdownCodeBlockCondition<>("http"), 2);
 	}
 
+	public static HttpResponseCondition httpResponse(TemplateFormat format, Integer responseStatusCode,
+			String responseStatusReason) {
+		if ("adoc".equals(format.getFileExtension())) {
+			return new HttpResponseCondition(responseStatusCode, responseStatusReason,
+					new AsciidoctorCodeBlockCondition<>("http", "nowrap"), 3);
+		}
+		return new HttpResponseCondition(responseStatusCode, responseStatusReason,
+				new MarkdownCodeBlockCondition<>("http"), 2);
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes" })
 	public static CodeBlockCondition<?> codeBlock(TemplateFormat format, String language) {
 		if ("adoc".equals(format.getFileExtension())) {
@@ -235,6 +245,13 @@ public final class SnippetConditions {
 			this.content("");
 		}
 
+		private HttpResponseCondition(int responseStatusCode, String responseStatusReason,
+				CodeBlockCondition<?> delegate, int headerOffset) {
+			super(delegate, headerOffset);
+			this.content("HTTP/1.1 " + responseStatusCode + " " + responseStatusReason);
+			this.content("");
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	/**