diff --git a/projects/cadcAccessControl-Server/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/server/web/users/ModifyUserAction.java b/projects/cadcAccessControl-Server/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/server/web/users/ModifyUserAction.java
index 4bcdffcb5bfb305192c3f00b13beb7390edbe7e2..1349d5744b6f72457fce6a0609307d0874c31b47 100644
--- a/projects/cadcAccessControl-Server/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/server/web/users/ModifyUserAction.java
+++ b/projects/cadcAccessControl-Server/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/server/web/users/ModifyUserAction.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.User;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.server.UserPersistence;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.HttpPrincipal;
 
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.security.Principal;
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ public class ModifyUserAction extends UsersAction
         }
         else
         {
+            response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
             redirectGet(httpPrincipals.toArray(
                     new HttpPrincipal[1])[0].getName());
         }
diff --git a/projects/cadcAccessControl/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/json/UserRequestReader.java b/projects/cadcAccessControl/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/json/UserRequestReader.java
index 99578856d02b120a158e3da260980e3491f74c7c..4f246e9df6e9d07618244a51eb960b8192d8a3f2 100644
--- a/projects/cadcAccessControl/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/json/UserRequestReader.java
+++ b/projects/cadcAccessControl/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/json/UserRequestReader.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class UserRequestReader
     {
         if (json == null)
         {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("XML must not be null");
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("JSON must not be null");
         }
         else
         {