diff --git a/httpclient/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientWithRequestFuture.java b/httpclient/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientWithRequestFuture.java
index c12a75de7..5643dc127 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientWithRequestFuture.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientWithRequestFuture.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class ClientWithRequestFuture {
                 @Override
                 public Boolean handleResponse(HttpResponse response) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
                     // simply return true if the status was OK
-                    return response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == 200;
+                    return response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK;
                 }
             };