diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 1db825eb69..7e3f452872 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 unreleased
 ==========
 
+  * Fix `res.redirect` body when redirect status specified
   * deps: accepts@~1.1.2
     - Fix error when media type has invalid parameter
     - deps: negotiator@0.4.9
diff --git a/lib/response.js b/lib/response.js
index 32c098af20..c26f68ac8a 100644
--- a/lib/response.js
+++ b/lib/response.js
@@ -818,11 +818,11 @@ res.redirect = function redirect(url) {
   // Support text/{plain,html} by default
   this.format({
     text: function(){
-      body = statusCodes[status] + '. Redirecting to ' + encodeURI(url);
+      body = statusCodes[status] + '. Redirecting to ' + encodeURI(address);
     },
 
     html: function(){
-      var u = escapeHtml(url);
+      var u = escapeHtml(address);
       body = '<p>' + statusCodes[status] + '. Redirecting to <a href="' + u + '">' + u + '</a></p>';
     },
 
diff --git a/test/res.redirect.js b/test/res.redirect.js
index 08ce6e6076..4044ad49ee 100644
--- a/test/res.redirect.js
+++ b/test/res.redirect.js
@@ -106,6 +106,21 @@ describe('res', function(){
         done();
       })
     })
+
+    it('should include the redirect type', function(done){
+      var app = express();
+
+      app.use(function(req, res){
+        res.redirect(301, 'http://google.com');
+      });
+
+      request(app)
+      .get('/')
+      .set('Accept', 'text/html')
+      .expect('Content-Type', /html/)
+      .expect('Location', 'http://google.com')
+      .expect(301, '<p>Moved Permanently. Redirecting to <a href="http://google.com">http://google.com</a></p>', done);
+    })
   })
 
   describe('when accepting text', function(){
@@ -143,6 +158,21 @@ describe('res', function(){
         done();
       })
     })
+
+    it('should include the redirect type', function(done){
+      var app = express();
+
+      app.use(function(req, res){
+        res.redirect(301, 'http://google.com');
+      });
+
+      request(app)
+      .get('/')
+      .set('Accept', 'text/plain, */*')
+      .expect('Content-Type', /plain/)
+      .expect('Location', 'http://google.com')
+      .expect(301, 'Moved Permanently. Redirecting to http://google.com', done);
+    })
   })
 
   describe('when accepting neither text or html', function(){