diff --git a/api-ref/source/v2/cache-manage.inc b/api-ref/source/v2/cache-manage.inc
index 93379f434a..00156ab9d3 100644
--- a/api-ref/source/v2/cache-manage.inc
+++ b/api-ref/source/v2/cache-manage.inc
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Queue image
 Queues image for caching.
 *(Since Image API v2.14)*
 
-Normal response codes: 200
+Normal response codes: 202
 
 Error response codes: 400, 401, 403, 404
 
diff --git a/glance/api/v2/cached_images.py b/glance/api/v2/cached_images.py
index 002b8cf9bf..812ddb3cda 100644
--- a/glance/api/v2/cached_images.py
+++ b/glance/api/v2/cached_images.py
@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ class CachedImageDeserializer(wsgi.JSONRequestDeserializer):
 
 
 class CachedImageSerializer(wsgi.JSONResponseSerializer):
-    pass
+
+    def queue_image_from_api(self, response, result):
+        response.status_int = 202
 
 
 def create_resource():
diff --git a/glance/tests/functional/v2/test_cache_api.py b/glance/tests/functional/v2/test_cache_api.py
index bd3048aef5..4865c6d4f9 100644
--- a/glance/tests/functional/v2/test_cache_api.py
+++ b/glance/tests/functional/v2/test_cache_api.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class TestImageCache(functional.SynchronousAPIBase):
         if response.status_code == 200:
             return response.json
 
-    def cache_queue(self, image_id, expected_code=200):
+    def cache_queue(self, image_id, expected_code=202):
         # Queue image for prefetching
         path = '/v2/cache/%s' % image_id
         response = self.api_put(path)