diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 7c8e44f..35c9097 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function (req) {
 }
 ```
 
-  A function that allows you to switch how rate identifies a route. By fefault, its the method:route_regex
+  A function that allows you to switch how rate identifies a route. By default, its the method:route_regex
 
 - *setHeaders*
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function (req, res, rate, limit, resetTime) {
 function (req, res, rate, limit, resetTime, next) {
             
     // HTTP code 420 from http://mehack.com/inventing-a-http-response-code-aka-seriously
-    res.json({error: 'Rate limit exceeded. Check headers for limit information.'}, {status: 420});
+    res.json({error: 'Rate limit exceeded. Check headers for limit information.'}, 420);
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/examples/simple-redis.js b/examples/simple-redis.js
index 89d056e..9d905e7 100644
--- a/examples/simple-redis.js
+++ b/examples/simple-redis.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ var headersMiddleware = rate.middleware(
         onLimitReached: function (req, res, rate, limit, resetTime, next) {
             
             // HTTP code 420 from http://mehack.com/inventing-a-http-response-code-aka-seriously
-            res.json({error: 'Rate limit exceeded. Check headers for limit information.'}, {status: 420});
+            res.json({error: 'Rate limit exceeded. Check headers for limit information.'}, 420);
         }
 });