diff --git a/packages/openapi-generator/src/httpStatus.ts b/packages/openapi-generator/src/httpStatus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8472923f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/openapi-generator/src/httpStatus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+export const STATUS_CODES = {
+  '100': 'Continue',
+  '101': 'Switching Protocols',
+  '102': 'Processing',
+  '200': 'OK',
+  '201': 'Created',
+  '202': 'Accepted',
+  '203': 'Non-Authoritative Information',
+  '204': 'No Content',
+  '205': 'Reset Content',
+  '206': 'Partial Content',
+  '207': 'Multi-Status',
+  '226': 'IM Used',
+  '300': 'Multiple Choices',
+  '301': 'Moved Permanently',
+  '302': 'Found',
+  '303': 'See Other',
+  '304': 'Not Modified',
+  '305': 'Use Proxy',
+  '307': 'Temporary Redirect',
+  '308': 'Permanent Redirect',
+  '400': 'Bad Request',
+  '401': 'Unauthorized',
+  '402': 'Payment Required',
+  '403': 'Forbidden',
+  '404': 'Not Found',
+  '405': 'Method Not Allowed',
+  '406': 'Not Acceptable',
+  '407': 'Proxy Authentication Required',
+  '408': 'Request Timeout',
+  '409': 'Conflict',
+  '410': 'Gone',
+  '411': 'Length Required',
+  '412': 'Precondition Failed',
+  '413': 'Payload Too Large',
+  '414': 'URI Too Long',
+  '415': 'Unsupported Media Type',
+  '416': 'Range Not Satisfiable',
+  '417': 'Expectation Failed',
+  '418': "I'm a teapot",
+  '422': 'Unprocessable Entity',
+  '423': 'Locked',
+  '424': 'Failed Dependency',
+  '426': 'Upgrade Required',
+  '428': 'Precondition Required',
+  '429': 'Too Many Requests',
+  '431': 'Request Header Fields Too Large',
+  '451': 'Unavailable For Legal Reasons',
+  '500': 'Internal Server Error',
+  '501': 'Not Implemented',
+  '502': 'Bad Gateway',
+  '503': 'Service Unavailable',
+  '504': 'Gateway Time-out',
+  '505': 'HTTP Version Not Supported',
+  '506': 'Variant Also Negotiates',
+  '507': 'Insufficient Storage',
+  '511': 'Network Authentication Required',
+};
diff --git a/packages/openapi-generator/src/openapi.ts b/packages/openapi-generator/src/openapi.ts
index 3f15e360..2b5afc2b 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-generator/src/openapi.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-generator/src/openapi.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { OpenAPIV3_1 } from 'openapi-types';
 
+import { STATUS_CODES } from 'http';
 import { parseCommentBlock } from './jsdoc';
 import type { Components } from './ref';
 import type { Route } from './route';
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ function routeToOpenAPI(route: Route): [string, string, OpenAPIV3_1.OperationObj
         ? { requestBody: schemaToOpenAPI(route.body) as any }
         : {}),
       responses: Object.entries(route.response).reduce((acc, [code, response]) => {
-        const description = response.comment?.description ?? '';
+        const description = response.comment?.description ?? STATUS_CODES[code] ?? '';
 
         return {
           ...acc,
diff --git a/packages/openapi-generator/test/openapi.test.ts b/packages/openapi-generator/test/openapi.test.ts
index bfeafea4..8390f5e6 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-generator/test/openapi.test.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-generator/test/openapi.test.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ testCase('simple route', SIMPLE, {
         ],
         responses: {
           200: {
-            description: '',
+            description: 'OK',
             content: {
               'application/json': {
                 schema: {