diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19302b7..c0c00b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -476,7 +476,15 @@ The `status` method allows you to set the status code that is returned to API Ga
 
 ```javascript
 api.get('/users', (req, res) => {
-  res.status(304).send('Not Modified');
+  res.status(404).send('Not Found');
+});
+```
+
+**NOTE:** Status codes that [must not carry content](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110#name-overview-of-status-codes) per RFC 9110 — `1xx`, `204`, `205`, and `304` — are always sent with an empty body. Any body passed to `send()`, `json()`, `html()`, etc. is discarded for these status codes.
+
+```javascript
+api.get('/users', (req, res) => {
+  res.status(204).json({ foo: 'bar' }); // sent as 204 with an empty body
 });
 ```
 
@@ -489,7 +497,7 @@ res.sendStatus(200); // equivalent to res.status(200).send('OK')
 res.sendStatus(403); // equivalent to res.status(403).send('Forbidden')
 ```
 
-Status codes that [must not carry content](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110#name-overview-of-status-codes) per RFC 9110 — `1xx`, `204`, `205`, and `304` — are sent with an empty body instead:
+As with [`status()`](#statuscode), the `1xx`, `204`, `205`, and `304` status codes are sent with an empty body:
 
 ```javascript
 res.sendStatus(204); // equivalent to res.status(204).send('')
diff --git a/__tests__/responses.unit.js b/__tests__/responses.unit.js
index 6469d4d..3674c44 100644
--- a/__tests__/responses.unit.js
+++ b/__tests__/responses.unit.js
@@ -81,6 +81,22 @@ api.get('/testSendStatus403', function(req,res) {
   res.sendStatus(403)
 })
 
+api.get('/testNullBodyJson', function(req,res) {
+  res.status(204).json({ foo: 'bar' })
+})
+
+api.get('/testNullBodySend', function(req,res) {
+  res.status(205).send('Reset Content')
+})
+
+api.get('/testNullBodyHtml', function(req,res) {
+  res.status(304).html('<div>Not Modified</div>')
+})
+
+api.get('/testNonNullBodyJson', function(req,res) {
+  res.status(200).json({ foo: 'bar' })
+})
+
 // Secondary route
 api2.get('/testJSONPResponse', function(req,res) {
   res.jsonp({ foo: 'bar' })
@@ -196,6 +212,30 @@ describe('Response Tests:', function() {
     expect(result).toEqual({ multiValueHeaders: { 'content-type': ['application/json'] }, statusCode: 403, body: 'Forbidden', isBase64Encoded: false })
   }) // end it
 
+  it('Null body status: json()', async function() {
+    let _event = Object.assign({},event,{ path: '/testNullBodyJson'})
+    let result = await new Promise(r => api.run(_event,{},(e,res) => { r(res) }))
+    expect(result).toEqual({ multiValueHeaders: { 'content-type': ['application/json'] }, statusCode: 204, body: '', isBase64Encoded: false })
+  }) // end it
+
+  it('Null body status: send()', async function() {
+    let _event = Object.assign({},event,{ path: '/testNullBodySend'})
+    let result = await new Promise(r => api.run(_event,{},(e,res) => { r(res) }))
+    expect(result).toEqual({ multiValueHeaders: { 'content-type': ['application/json'] }, statusCode: 205, body: '', isBase64Encoded: false })
+  }) // end it
+
+  it('Null body status: html()', async function() {
+    let _event = Object.assign({},event,{ path: '/testNullBodyHtml'})
+    let result = await new Promise(r => api.run(_event,{},(e,res) => { r(res) }))
+    expect(result).toEqual({ multiValueHeaders: { 'content-type': ['text/html'] }, statusCode: 304, body: '', isBase64Encoded: false })
+  }) // end it
+
+  it('Non-null body status is unaffected', async function() {
+    let _event = Object.assign({},event,{ path: '/testNonNullBodyJson'})
+    let result = await new Promise(r => api.run(_event,{},(e,res) => { r(res) }))
+    expect(result).toEqual({ multiValueHeaders: { 'content-type': ['application/json'] }, statusCode: 200, body: '{"foo":"bar"}', isBase64Encoded: false })
+  }) // end it
+
   it('JSONP response (default callback)', async function() {
     let _event = Object.assign({},event,{ path: '/testJSONPResponse' })
     let result = await new Promise(r => api.run(_event,{},(e,res) => { r(res) }))
diff --git a/__tests__/utils.unit.js b/__tests__/utils.unit.js
index b6998ee..f692ccc 100644
--- a/__tests__/utils.unit.js
+++ b/__tests__/utils.unit.js
@@ -232,27 +232,32 @@ describe("Utility Function Tests:", function () {
     }); // end it
   }); // end encodeBody tests
 
-  describe("statusBodyLookup:", function () {
+  describe("isNullBodyStatus:", function () {
     test.each([
-      [100, ""],
-      [101, ""],
-      [200, "OK"],
-      ["200", "OK"],
-      [204, ""],
-      ["204", ""],
-      [205, ""],
-      ["205", ""],
-      [304, ""],
-      ["304", ""],
-      [404, "Not Found"],
-      [502, "Bad Gateway"],
-      [999, "Unknown"],
-      ["not a number", "Unknown"]
+      [100, true],
+      [101, true],
+      [199, true],
+      [204, true],
+      [205, true],
+      [304, true],
+      ["204", true],
+      ["304", true],
+      [200, false],
+      [201, false],
+      [203, false],
+      [206, false],
+      [303, false],
+      [305, false],
+      [404, false],
+      [502, false],
+      ["200", false],
+      ["foo", false],
+      [undefined, false],
+      [null, false],
     ])("%s", (status, expected) => {
-      expect(utils.statusBodyLookup(status)).toBe(expected);
+      expect(utils.isNullBodyStatus(status)).toBe(expected);
     }); // end it
-  }); // end statusBodyLookup tests
-
+  }); // end isNullBodyStatus tests
 
   describe("extractRoutes:", function () {
     it("Sample routes", function () {
diff --git a/src/lib/response.js b/src/lib/response.js
index b59ce38..81b1d0d 100644
--- a/src/lib/response.js
+++ b/src/lib/response.js
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ class RESPONSE {
 
   // Convenience method for sending status codes
   sendStatus(status) {
-    this.status(status).send(UTILS.statusBodyLookup(status));
+    this.status(status).send(UTILS.statusLookup(status));
   }
 
   // Convenience method for setting CORS headers
@@ -525,6 +525,11 @@ class RESPONSE {
       body = '';
     }
 
+    // Discard the body for status codes that must not include content
+    if (UTILS.isNullBodyStatus(this._statusCode)) {
+      body = '';
+    }
+
     let headers = {};
     let cookies = {};
 
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.js b/src/lib/utils.js
index 22a02dc..8c294d1 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.js
+++ b/src/lib/utils.js
@@ -114,16 +114,13 @@ export const statusLookup = (status) => {
   return status in statusCodes ? statusCodes[status] : 'Unknown';
 };
 
-export const statusBodyLookup = (status) => {
+// Status codes that must not include content per RFC 9110
+// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110#name-overview-of-status-codes
+export const isNullBodyStatus = (status) => {
   const code = typeof status === 'string' ? Number(status) : status;
-
-  // The following status codes must not have a response body
-  // according to rfc 9110
-  if ((100 <= code && code < 200) || [204, 205, 304].includes(code)) {
-    return '';
-  }
-
-  return statusLookup(code);
+  return (
+    (code >= 100 && code < 200) || code === 204 || code === 205 || code === 304
+  );
 };
 
 // Parses routes into readable array