diff --git a/Lib/wsgiref/handlers.py b/Lib/wsgiref/handlers.py
index e082823d35d..4c548d123d5 100644
--- a/Lib/wsgiref/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/wsgiref/handlers.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class BaseHandler:
 
     # Error handling (also per-subclass or per-instance)
     traceback_limit = None  # Print entire traceback to self.get_stderr()
-    error_status = "500 Dude, this is whack!"
+    error_status = "500 Internal Server Error"
     error_headers = [('Content-Type','text/plain')]
     error_body = "A server error occurred.  Please contact the administrator."