diff --git a/doc/api.rst b/doc/api.rst
index 1297915..dc61f98 100644
--- a/doc/api.rst
+++ b/doc/api.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Public API
 
 .. module:: wsme
 
-.. autoclass:: signature([return_type, [arg0_type, [arg1_type, ... ] ] ], body=None, status=None)
+.. autoclass:: signature([return_type, [arg0_type, [arg1_type, ... ] ] ], body=None, status_code=None)
 
 .. autoclass:: wsme.types.Base
 .. autoclass:: wsattr
diff --git a/wsme/api.py b/wsme/api.py
index bd4631f..4aab9a4 100644
--- a/wsme/api.py
+++ b/wsme/api.py
@@ -141,14 +141,14 @@ class FunctionDefinition(object):
 
 
 class signature(object):
-    """
-    Decorator that specify the argument types of an exposed function.
+
+    """Decorator that specify the argument types of an exposed function.
 
     :param return_type: Type of the value returned by the function
     :param argN: Type of the Nth argument
     :param body: If the function takes a final argument that is supposed to be
                  the request body by itself, its type.
-    :param status: HTTP return status code of the function.
+    :param status_code: HTTP return status code of the function.
     :param ignore_extra_args: Allow extra/unknow arguments (default to False)
 
     Most of the time this decorator is not supposed to be used directly,
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class signature(object):
     decororator, either a new decorator named @wsexpose that takes the same
     parameters (it will in addition expose the function, hence its name).
     """
+
     def __init__(self, *types, **options):
         self.return_type = types[0] if types else None
         self.arg_types = []