diff --git a/libpathod/language.py b/libpathod/language.py
index 7f1d8cec9..766765178 100644
--- a/libpathod/language.py
+++ b/libpathod/language.py
@@ -586,7 +586,8 @@ class Reason(_Component):
 
     @classmethod
     def expr(klass):
-        e = Value.copy()
+        e = pp.Literal("m").suppress()
+        e = e + Value
         return e.setParseAction(lambda x: klass(*x))
 
     def values(self, settings):
@@ -724,7 +725,8 @@ class Response(Message):
         InjectAt,
         ShortcutContentType,
         ShortcutLocation,
-        Raw
+        Raw,
+        Reason
     )
     logattrs = ["code", "reason", "version", "body"]
     def __init__(self):
@@ -749,7 +751,6 @@ class Response(Message):
         resp = pp.And(
             [
                 Code.expr(),
-                pp.Optional(Reason.expr()),
                 pp.ZeroOrMore(Sep + atom)
             ]
         )
diff --git a/libpathod/templates/docs_lang.html b/libpathod/templates/docs_lang.html
index ebed73880..f01d61fbd 100644
--- a/libpathod/templates/docs_lang.html
+++ b/libpathod/templates/docs_lang.html
@@ -17,17 +17,10 @@
     <div class="tab-pane active" id="specifying_responses">
         <p>The general form of a response is as follows:</p>
             
-        <pre class="example">code[MESSAGE]:[colon-separated list of features]</pre></p>
+        <pre class="example">code:[colon-separated list of features]</pre></p>
 
         <table class="table table-bordered">
             <tbody >
-                <tr>
-                    <td> h<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a>=<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a> </td>
-                    <td>
-                        Set a header. 
-                    </td>
-                </tr>
-
                 <tr>
                     <td> b<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a> </td>
                     <td>
@@ -44,6 +37,21 @@
                     </td>
                 </tr>
 
+                <tr>
+                    <td> d<a href="#offsetspec">OFFSET</a> </td>
+                    <td>
+                        Disconnect after OFFSET bytes. 
+                    </td>
+                </tr>
+
+                <tr>
+                    <td> h<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a>=<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a> </td>
+                    <td>
+                        Set a header. 
+                    </td>
+                </tr>
+
+
                 <tr>
                     <td> i<a href="#offsetspec">OFFSET</a>,<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a> </td>
                     <td>
@@ -60,9 +68,10 @@
                 </tr>
 
                 <tr>
-                    <td> d<a href="#offsetspec">OFFSET</a> </td>
+                    <td> m<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a> </td>
                     <td>
-                        Disconnect after OFFSET bytes. 
+                        HTTP Reason message. Automatically chosen according to
+                        the response code if not specified. 
                     </td>
                 </tr>
 
@@ -94,13 +103,6 @@
 
         <table class="table table-bordered">
             <tbody >
-                <tr>
-                    <td> h<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a>=<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a> </td>
-                    <td>
-                        Set a header. 
-                    </td>
-                </tr>
-
                 <tr>
                     <td> b<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a> </td>
                     <td>
@@ -118,16 +120,23 @@
                 </tr>
 
                 <tr>
-                    <td> i<a href="#offsetspec">OFFSET</a>,<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a> </td>
+                    <td> d<a href="#offsetspec">OFFSET</a> </td>
                     <td>
-                        Inject the specified value at the offset. 
+                        Disconnect after OFFSET bytes. 
                     </td>
                 </tr>
 
                 <tr>
-                    <td> d<a href="#offsetspec">OFFSET</a> </td>
+                    <td> h<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a>=<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a> </td>
                     <td>
-                        Disconnect after OFFSET bytes. 
+                        Set a header. 
+                    </td>
+                </tr>
+
+                <tr>
+                    <td> i<a href="#offsetspec">OFFSET</a>,<a href="#valuespec">VALUE</a> </td>
+                    <td>
+                        Inject the specified value at the offset. 
                     </td>
                 </tr>
 
diff --git a/libpathod/templates/index.html b/libpathod/templates/index.html
index 3c1ba8ff2..9561fee1f 100644
--- a/libpathod/templates/index.html
+++ b/libpathod/templates/index.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
                     name="spec"
                     class="input-medium search-query"
                     value="{{spec}}"
-                    placeholder="code[msg]:[features]"
+                    placeholder="code:[features]"
                 >
                 <a id="gopublic" class="btn">go</a>
             </p>
diff --git a/libpathod/templates/response_previewform.html b/libpathod/templates/response_previewform.html
index 74e213621..7f72aaeb2 100644
--- a/libpathod/templates/response_previewform.html
+++ b/libpathod/templates/response_previewform.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         name="spec"
         class="input-medium search-query"
         value="{{spec}}"
-        placeholder="code[msg]:[features]"
+        placeholder="code:[features]"
     >
     <input type="submit" class="btn" value="preview">
     {% if not nocraft %}
diff --git a/test/test_language.py b/test/test_language.py
index 0d7c60da7..0d3f26859 100644
--- a/test/test_language.py
+++ b/test/test_language.py
@@ -498,11 +498,11 @@ class TestResponse:
         assert r.code.string() == "202"
 
     def test_response(self):
-        r = language.parse_response({}, "400'msg'")
+        r = language.parse_response({}, "400:m'msg'")
         assert r.code.string() == "400"
         assert r.reason.string() == "msg"
 
-        r = language.parse_response({}, "400'msg':b@100b")
+        r = language.parse_response({}, "400:m'msg':b@100b")
         assert r.reason.string() == "msg"
         assert r.body.values({})
         assert str(r)
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ class TestResponse:
 
     def test_render(self):
         s = cStringIO.StringIO()
-        r = language.parse_response({}, "400'msg'")
+        r = language.parse_response({}, "400:m'msg'")
         assert r.serve(s, {})
 
     def test_raw(self):
@@ -537,9 +537,9 @@ class TestResponse:
             s = cStringIO.StringIO()
             x.serve(s, {})
             assert x.length({}, None) == len(s.getvalue())
-        testlen(language.parse_response({}, "400'msg'"))
-        testlen(language.parse_response({}, "400'msg':h'foo'='bar'"))
-        testlen(language.parse_response({}, "400'msg':h'foo'='bar':b@100b"))
+        testlen(language.parse_response({}, "400:m'msg'"))
+        testlen(language.parse_response({}, "400:m'msg':h'foo'='bar'"))
+        testlen(language.parse_response({}, "400:m'msg':h'foo'='bar':b@100b"))
 
     def test_maximum_length(self):
         def testlen(x, actions):
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ class TestResponse:
             x.serve(s, {})
             assert m >= len(s.getvalue())
 
-        r = language.parse_response({}, "400'msg':b@100")
+        r = language.parse_response({}, "400:m'msg':b@100")
 
         actions = [
             language.DisconnectAt(0)
diff --git a/test/test_pathod.py b/test/test_pathod.py
index 3fe7e848e..30498c3a7 100644
--- a/test/test_pathod.py
+++ b/test/test_pathod.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class TestTimeout(tutils.DaemonTests):
         # FIXME: Add float values to spec language, reduce test timeout to
         # increase test performance
         assert self.get("200:p1,1").status_code == 200
-        print self.d.last_log()
         assert self.d.last_log()["type"] == "timeout"