diff --git a/Neos.Flow/Classes/Error/AbstractExceptionHandler.php b/Neos.Flow/Classes/Error/AbstractExceptionHandler.php
index 89c86c2c2d..f86f95fb49 100644
--- a/Neos.Flow/Classes/Error/AbstractExceptionHandler.php
+++ b/Neos.Flow/Classes/Error/AbstractExceptionHandler.php
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ protected function resolveRenderingGroup(\Throwable $exception)
         if (!isset($this->options['renderingGroups'])) {
             return null;
         }
+
         foreach ($this->options['renderingGroups'] as $renderingGroupName => $renderingGroupSettings) {
             if (isset($renderingGroupSettings['matchingExceptionClassNames'])) {
                 foreach ($renderingGroupSettings['matchingExceptionClassNames'] as $exceptionClassName) {
@@ -221,8 +222,9 @@ protected function resolveRenderingGroup(\Throwable $exception)
                     }
                 }
             }
-            if (isset($renderingGroupSettings['matchingStatusCodes']) && $exception instanceof FlowException) {
-                if (in_array($exception->getStatusCode(), $renderingGroupSettings['matchingStatusCodes'])) {
+            if (isset($renderingGroupSettings['matchingStatusCodes'])) {
+                $statusCode = $exception instanceof FlowException ? $exception->getStatusCode(): 500;
+                if (in_array($statusCode, $renderingGroupSettings['matchingStatusCodes'])) {
                     return $renderingGroupName;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/Neos.Flow/Documentation/TheDefinitiveGuide/PartIII/ErrorAndExceptionHandling.rst b/Neos.Flow/Documentation/TheDefinitiveGuide/PartIII/ErrorAndExceptionHandling.rst
index c5cc864c61..d0634a7291 100644
--- a/Neos.Flow/Documentation/TheDefinitiveGuide/PartIII/ErrorAndExceptionHandling.rst
+++ b/Neos.Flow/Documentation/TheDefinitiveGuide/PartIII/ErrorAndExceptionHandling.rst
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ An example configuration could look like in the following Settings.yaml excerpt:
 key names, their actual naming has no further implications.
 
 ``matchingStatusCodes``:
-    an array of integer values what HTTP status codes the rendering group is for
+    an array of integer values what HTTP status codes the rendering group is for. Generic exceptions will be handled as if they had a 500 status code.
 
 ``matchingExceptionClassNames``:
     an array of string values what Exception types the rendering group is for. Keep in mind that, as always