diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4de0a7332e..53c89ff84d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 1. [15549](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/15549): UI/Task edit functionality fixed
 1. [15559](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/15559): Exiting a configuration of a dashboard cell now properly renders the cell content
 1. [15556](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/15556): Creating a check now displays on the checklist
+1. [15592](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/15592): Changed task runs success status code from 200 to 201 to match Swagger documentation.
 
 ## v2.0.0-alpha.18 [2019-09-26]
 
diff --git a/http/task_service.go b/http/task_service.go
index c214c0f6d5..d4eb1ffeac 100644
--- a/http/task_service.go
+++ b/http/task_service.go
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ func (h *TaskHandler) handleForceRun(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		h.HandleHTTPError(ctx, err, w)
 		return
 	}
-	if err := encodeResponse(ctx, w, http.StatusOK, newRunResponse(*run)); err != nil {
+	if err := encodeResponse(ctx, w, http.StatusCreated, newRunResponse(*run)); err != nil {
 		logEncodingError(h.logger, r, err)
 		return
 	}