diff --git a/doc/ring/coercion.md b/doc/ring/coercion.md
index 342f1020..ca908bfc 100644
--- a/doc/ring/coercion.md
+++ b/doc/ring/coercion.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Coercion can be attached to route data under `:coercion` key. There can be multi
 
 Parameters are defined in route data under `:parameters` key. It's value should be a map of parameter `:type` -> Coercion Schema.
 
-Responses are defined in route data under `:responses` key. It's value should be a map of http status code to a map which can contain `:body` key with Coercion Schema as value.
+Responses are defined in route data under `:responses` key. It's value should be a map of http status code to a map which can contain `:body` key with Coercion Schema as value. Additionally, the key `:default` specifies the coercion for other status codes.
 
 Below is an example with [Plumatic Schema](https://github.com/plumatic/schema). It defines schemas for `:query`, `:body` and `:path` parameters and for http 200 response `:body`.
 
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ Handlers can access the coerced parameters via the `:parameters` key in the requ
    :parameters {:query {:x s/Int}
                 :body {:y s/Int}
                 :path {:z s/Int}}
-   :responses {200 {:body {:total PositiveInt}}}
+   :responses {200 {:body {:total PositiveInt}}
+               :default {:body {:error s/Str}}}
    :handler (fn [{:keys [parameters]}]
               (let [total (+ (-> parameters :query :x)
                              (-> parameters :body :y)
diff --git a/examples/openapi/src/example/server.clj b/examples/openapi/src/example/server.clj
index 83e3a6b0..9dcb4c06 100644
--- a/examples/openapi/src/example/server.clj
+++ b/examples/openapi/src/example/server.clj
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
                           {:status 200
                            :body {:color :red
                                   :pineapple true}})}
-         :post {:summary "Create a pizza | Multiple content-types, multiple examples"
+         :post {:summary "Create a pizza | Multiple content-types, multiple examples | Default response schema"
                 :request {:description "Create a pizza using json or EDN"
                           :content {"application/json" {:schema [:map
                                                                  [:color :keyword]
@@ -83,10 +83,16 @@
                                                                                            :pineapple false})}}}}}
                 :responses {200 {:description "Success"
                                  :content {:default {:schema [:map [:success :boolean]]
-                                                     :example {:success true}}}}}
+                                                     :example {:success true}}}}
+                            :default {:description "Not success"
+                                      :content {:default {:schema [:map [:error :string]]
+                                                          :example {:error "error"}}}}}
                 :handler (fn [_request]
-                           {:status 200
-                            :body {:success true}})}}]
+                           (if (< (Math/random) 0.5)
+                             {:status 200
+                              :body {:success true}}
+                             {:status 500
+                              :body {:error "an error happened"}}))}}]
 
 
        ["/contact"