diff --git a/http-client.md b/http-client.md
index 8235b97a7b..b83b763c09 100644
--- a/http-client.md
+++ b/http-client.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The `Illuminate\Http\Client\Response` object also implements the PHP `ArrayAcces
 return Http::get('http://example.com/users/1')['name'];
 ```
 
-In addition to the response methods listed above, the following methods may be used to determine if the response has a given status code:
+In addition to the response methods listed above, the following methods may be used to determine if the response has a specific status code:
 
 ```php
 $response->ok() : bool;                  // 200 OK