diff --git a/securing_apps/topics/oidc/java/adapter_error_handling.adoc b/securing_apps/topics/oidc/java/adapter_error_handling.adoc
index 594384b322..969e5897a2 100644
--- a/securing_apps/topics/oidc/java/adapter_error_handling.adoc
+++ b/securing_apps/topics/oidc/java/adapter_error_handling.adoc
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 {{book.project.name}} has some error handling facilities for servlet based client adapters.
 When an error is encountered in authentication, {{book.project.name}} will call `HttpServletResponse.sendError()`.
 You can set up an error-page within your `web.xml` file to handle the error however you want.
-{{book.project.name}} may throw 400, 401, 403, and 500 errors.
+{{book.project.name}} can throw 400, 401, 403, and 500 errors.
 
 [source,xml]
 ----
 <error-page>
-    <error-code>404</error-code>
+    <error-code>403</error-code>
     <location>/ErrorHandler</location>
 </error-page>
 ----    
diff --git a/securing_apps/topics/saml/java/error_handling.adoc b/securing_apps/topics/saml/java/error_handling.adoc
index 3929ae9936..f271adc8db 100644
--- a/securing_apps/topics/saml/java/error_handling.adoc
+++ b/securing_apps/topics/saml/java/error_handling.adoc
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 {{book.project.name}} has some error handling facilities for servlet based client adapters.
 When an error is encountered in authentication, the client adapter will call `HttpServletResponse.sendError()`.
 You can set up an `error-page` within your `web.xml` file to handle the error however you want.
-The client adapter may throw 400, 401, 403, and 500 errors.
+The client adapter can throw 400, 401, 403, and 500 errors.
 
 
 [source,xml]
 ----
 <error-page>
-    <error-code>404</error-code>
+    <error-code>403</error-code>
     <location>/ErrorHandler</location>
 </error-page>
 ----