diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a575cc93..c00d134b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Mock http requests made using fetch (or isomorphic-fetch)
 
 *notes* 
-- When using isomorphic-fetch or node-fetch fetch should be added as a global 
-- fetch-mock doesn't declare fetch or Promise as dependencies; as you're testing `fetch` it's assumed you're already taking care of these globals
+- When using isomorphic-fetch or node-fetch `fetch` should be added as a global 
+- fetch-mock doesn't declare `fetch` or `Promise` as dependencies; as you're testing `fetch` it's assumed you're already taking care of these globals
 - If you prefer documentation by example skip to the bottom of this README
 
 ## API
@@ -11,18 +11,19 @@ Mock http requests made using fetch (or isomorphic-fetch)
 `require('fetch-mock')` exports a singleton with the following methods
 
 ### `mock(config)`
-Replaces `fetch()` with a sinon stub which, in addition to the default sinon behaviour, records each of its calls and optionally returns a stub response or passes the call through to `fetch()`. `config` is an optional* object with the following properties. 
+Replaces `fetch()` with a sinon stub which, in addition to the default sinon behaviour, records it's calls, grouped by route, and optionally returns a stub response or passes the call through to `fetch()`. `config` is an optional* object with the following properties. 
 
-* `routes`: Either a single object or an array of similar objects each defining how the mock handles a given request. Each route object must have the following properties. If multiple routes are specified the first matching route will be used to define the response
+* `routes`: Either a single object or an array of similar objects each defining how the mock handles a given request. If multiple routes are specified the first matching route will be used to define the response. Each route object must have the following properties.
 	* `name`: A unique string naming the route
 	* `matcher`: The rule for matching calls to `fetch()`. Accepts any of the following
 		* `string`: Either an exact url to match e.g. 'http://www.site.com/page.html' or, if the string begins with a `^`, the string following the `^` must begin the url e.g. '^http://www.site.com' would match 'http://www.site.com' or 'http://www.site.com/page.html'
 		* `RegExp`: A regular  expression to test the url against
-		* `Function(url, opts)`: A function that is passed the url and opts `fetch` is called with and that returns a Boolean
+		* `Function(url, opts)`: A function that is passed the url and opts `fetch()` is called with and that returns a Boolean
 	* `response`: Configures the response object returned by the mock. Can take any of the following values
+		* `number`: creates a response with the number as the response status
 		* `string`: creates a 200 response with the string as the response body
 		* `object`: If the object contains any of the properties body, status, headers, throws; then these properties - all of them optional - are used to construct a response as follows
-			* `body`: Retunred in the response body
+			* `body`: Returned in the response body
 			* `status`: Returned in the response status
 			* `headers`: Returned in the response headers. They should be defined as an object literal (property names case-insensitive) which will be converted to a `Headers` instance
 			* `throws`: If this property is present then a `Promise` rejected with the value of `throws` is returned
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ Returns a Boolean denoting whether any calls matched the given route
 Normally calling `mock()` twice without restoring inbetween will throw an error. `reMock()` calls `restore()` internally before calling `mock()` again. This allows you to put a generic call to `mock()` in a `beforeEach()` while retaining the flexibility to vary the responses for some tests
 
 ### `registerRoute(name, matcher, response)`
-Often your application/module will always need responses for some calls in order to initialise properly, even if the content of those calls are not the subject of a given test e.g. a mock response from an authentication service and a lti-variant testing service might be necessary in order to test the UI for a version of a log in form. It's helpful to be able to define some default responses for these services which will exist throughout all or a large subset of your tests. `registerRoute()` aims to fulfil this need. All these predefined routes can be overridden when `mock(config)` is called.
+Often your application/module will need a mocked response for some http requests in order to initialise properly, even if the content of those calls are not the subject of a given test e.g. a mock response from an authentication service and a multi-variant testing service might be necessary in order to test the UI for a version of a log in form. It's helpful to be able to define some default responses for these services which will exist throughout all or a large subset of your tests. `registerRoute()` aims to fulfil this need. All these predefined routes can be overridden when `mock(config)` is called.
 
 `registerRoute()` takes either of the following parameters
 * `object`: An object similar to the route objects accepted by `mock()`
@@ -78,8 +79,6 @@ Often your application/module will always need responses for some calls in order
 ### `unregisterRoute(name)`
 Unregisters one or more previously registered routes. Accepts either a string or an array of strings
 
-
-
 ## Example 
 ```javascript
 
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ describe('content', function () {
 	});
 
 	after(function () {
-		// I wonder what this does??
 		fetchMock.unregisterRoute('content');
 	})
 
diff --git a/src/fetch-mock.js b/src/fetch-mock.js
index 75ab54fa..2b0bd748 100644
--- a/src/fetch-mock.js
+++ b/src/fetch-mock.js
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ var theGlobal;
 
 function mockResponse (url, config) {
 	// allow just body to be passed in as this is the commonest use case
-	if (typeof config === 'string' || !(config.body || config.headers || config.throws || config.status)) {
+	if (typeof config === 'number') {
+		config = {
+			status: config
+		};
+	} else if (typeof config === 'string' || !(config.body || config.headers || config.throws || config.status)) {
 		config = {
 			body: config
 		};
diff --git a/test/spec.js b/test/spec.js
index a1868eb2..50820b49 100644
--- a/test/spec.js
+++ b/test/spec.js
@@ -333,6 +333,22 @@ module.exports = function (fetchMock, theGlobal) {
 			});
 
 			describe('responses', function () {
+
+				it('respond with a status', function (done) {
+					fetchMock.mock({
+						routes: {
+							name: 'route',
+							matcher: 'http://it.at.there',
+							response: 300
+						}
+					});
+					fetch('http://it.at.there')
+						.then(function (res) {
+							expect(res.status).to.equal(300);
+							done();
+						});
+				});
+
 				it('respond with a string', function (done) {
 					fetchMock.mock({
 						routes: {