diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/ResourceManagerRest.md b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/ResourceManagerRest.md
index e0f29a2679dde..105b35d7037cc 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/ResourceManagerRest.md
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/markdown/ResourceManagerRest.md
@@ -3645,7 +3645,7 @@ Request Body:
 
 Response Header:
 
-    HTTP/1.1 403 Unauthorized
+    HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
     Server: Jetty(6.1.26)
 
 **Bad Request Error Response**