diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/SOCKSServerFactory.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/SOCKSServerFactory.java
index 80dfacb6a0b03b00713111c32ad6d861522816b3..e05260795641ae4df59feb7a7c66140ee7d48920 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/SOCKSServerFactory.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/socks/SOCKSServerFactory.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class SOCKSServerFactory {
     private final static Log _log = new Log(SOCKSServerFactory.class);
 
     private final static String ERR_REQUEST_DENIED =
-        "HTTP/1.1 403 Access Denied\r\n" +
+        "HTTP/1.1 403 Access Denied - This is a SOCKS proxy, not a HTTP proxy\r\n" +
         "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n" +
         "Cache-control: no-cache\r\n" +
         "\r\n" +