diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 807b824..5efebc7 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Contributors
 * Tavis Rudd
 * Sergey Shepelev
 * Chuck Thier
+* Nick V
 * Daniele Varrazzo
 * Ryan Williams
 
diff --git a/eventlet/websocket.py b/eventlet/websocket.py
index 75a8753..b2f783f 100644
--- a/eventlet/websocket.py
+++ b/eventlet/websocket.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class WebSocketWSGI(object):
         if qs:
             location += '?' + qs
         if self.protocol_version == 75:
-            handshake_reply = ("HTTP/1.1 101 WebSocket Protocol Handshake\r\n"
+            handshake_reply = ("HTTP/1.1 101 Web Socket Protocol Handshake\r\n"
                                "Upgrade: WebSocket\r\n"
                                "Connection: Upgrade\r\n"
                                "WebSocket-Origin: %s\r\n"
diff --git a/tests/websocket_test.py b/tests/websocket_test.py
index c73ed8c..4e16ad4 100644
--- a/tests/websocket_test.py
+++ b/tests/websocket_test.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class TestWebSocket(_TestBase):
         result = sock.recv(1024)
         ## The server responds the correct Websocket handshake
         self.assertEqual(result,
-                         '\r\n'.join(['HTTP/1.1 101 WebSocket Protocol Handshake',
+                         '\r\n'.join(['HTTP/1.1 101 Web Socket Protocol Handshake',
                                       'Upgrade: WebSocket',
                                       'Connection: Upgrade',
                                       'WebSocket-Origin: http://localhost:%s' % self.port,