diff --git a/api/server/router/network/network_routes.go b/api/server/router/network/network_routes.go
index d6e7334800..b84cc1d2af 100644
--- a/api/server/router/network/network_routes.go
+++ b/api/server/router/network/network_routes.go
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@ func (n *networkRouter) deleteNetwork(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter
 		return err
 	}
 	if _, err := n.clusterProvider.GetNetwork(vars["id"]); err == nil {
-		return n.clusterProvider.RemoveNetwork(vars["id"])
+		if err = n.clusterProvider.RemoveNetwork(vars["id"]); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+		return nil
 	}
 	if err := n.backend.DeleteNetwork(vars["id"]); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.24.md b/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.24.md
index c2023d5568..efd0e939cf 100644
--- a/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.24.md
+++ b/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.24.md
@@ -4672,7 +4672,9 @@ Stop and remove the service `id`
 
 **Example response**:
 
-    HTTP/1.1 200 No Content
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Length: 0
+    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
 
 **Status codes**:
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.25.md b/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.25.md
index c8c8b92da3..872f28b273 100644
--- a/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.25.md
+++ b/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.25.md
@@ -5040,7 +5040,9 @@ Stop and remove the service `id`
 
 **Example response**:
 
-    HTTP/1.1 200 No Content
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Length: 0
+    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
 
 **Status codes**: