diff --git a/doc/common/section_compute_config-api.xml b/doc/common/section_compute_config-api.xml
index 6fd9d90ed2..a35a2b6ea8 100644
--- a/doc/common/section_compute_config-api.xml
+++ b/doc/common/section_compute_config-api.xml
@@ -38,11 +38,8 @@
             to configure limits on the type and number of API calls
             that can be made in a specific time interval.</para>
         <para>When API rate limits are exceeded, HTTP requests return
-            an error with a status code of <errorcode>413</errorcode>
-            <errortext>Request entity too large</errortext>, and
-            includes an HTTP <literal>Retry-After</literal> header.
-            The response body includes the error details and the delay
-            before you should retry the request.</para>
+            an error with a status code of <errorcode>403</errorcode>
+            <errortext>Forbidden</errortext>.</para>
         <para>Rate limiting is not available for the EC2 API.</para>
     </simplesect>
     <simplesect>
diff --git a/doc/config-reference/object-storage/section_object-storage-features.xml b/doc/config-reference/object-storage/section_object-storage-features.xml
index cc50a272ce..32d854ddd2 100644
--- a/doc/config-reference/object-storage/section_object-storage-features.xml
+++ b/doc/config-reference/object-storage/section_object-storage-features.xml
@@ -469,8 +469,7 @@ Sample represents 1.00% of the object partition space
             scope of containers that are delegated to non-admin users, exposed to formpost uploads,
             or just as a self-imposed sanity check.</para>
         <para>Any object PUT operations that exceed these quotas
-            return a 413 response (request entity too large) with a
-            descriptive body.</para>
+            return a 403 response (forbidden).</para>
         <para>Quotas are subject to several limitations: eventual
             consistency, the timeliness of the cached container_info
             (60 second TTL by default), and it is unable to reject